People with Friedreich ataxia have lower than usual levels of cell-free mitochondrial DNA circulating in the bloodstream, but…
Magdalena Kegel
Magdalena holds an MSc in Pharmaceutical Bioscience and an interdisciplinary PhD merging the fields of psychiatry, immunology and neuropharmacology. Her previous research focused on metabolic and immunologic changes in psychotic disorders. She is now focusing on science writing, allowing her to culture her passion for medical science and human health.
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Articles by Magdalena Kegel
Although Friedreich’s ataxia is mainly associated with the degeneration of neurons, a recent report shows that glial satellite cells in…
Scientists at University College London have, for the first time, described the full sequence of faulty mitochondrial processes in…
The National Ataxia Foundation (NAF) has presented a researcher from Belgium, Simona Donatello, with its Young Investigator Research Award for her work…
Among the recently distributed National Ataxia Foundation (NAF) research awards, Ricardo Mouro Pinto, Ph.D., from Massachusetts General Hospital…
The National Ataxia Foundation (NAF), which supports ataxia research, has given a NAF Research Seed Award to Liliana Simões Mendonça from…
A study supported by a research grant from the National Ataxia Foundation (NAF) will explore the underlying mutation of the recently…
The National Ataxia Foundation (NAF) recently awarded four post-doctoral fellowship grants covering various aspects of ataxia research. In a…
National Ataxia Foundation Awards Grant to Researcher Exploring Disease Signatures in Stem Cells
The National Ataxia Foundation (NAF) recently awarded four post-doctoral fellowship grants covering various aspects of ataxia research. Magda Matos Santana…
Percy Tumbale, of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health recently received a Young Investigator Research…