Kirsty Oswald

Feature Writer

B.Sc.

Human Sciences

Kirsty has a B.Sc. in Human Sciences from University College London. After several years working as medical copywriter, she became a medical journalist and is now freelance. Kirsty also works part-time as an editor for a London-based charity. She is particularly interested in the social and cultural aspects of science.

Articles from Kirsty

SNPs predict sunitinib outcome in mRCC

Research has confirmed that single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes related to the processing of sunitinib influence the outcome of treatment for metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

29 May 2015

Airway granulocytes potential CF biomarker for fungal lung disease

Researchers have found that accumulation in the airways of CXCR4+ granulocytes is associated with chronic colonisation by the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus.

29 May 2015

Challenge remains for early COPD detection in primary care

Exhaled carbon monoxide testing in primary care has no effect on patient acceptance of screening for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, research shows.

29 May 2015

Pulmonary rehabilitation ‘should include sleep assessment’

Researchers say that pulmonary rehabilitation programmes for patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease should include sleep assessment.

29 May 2015

‘Real-world’ sunitinib findings support trial results

Results of postmarketing follow-up in Japanese patients confirm the efficacy and safety profile of sunitinib in advanced renal cell carcinoma.

29 May 2015

Women more likely to be hospitalised after asthma emergency care

US research shows that women who attend the emergency department with acute asthma are almost twice as likely to be admitted to hospital than men despite several measures of asthma control, treatment and severity being more favourable in women.

21 May 2015

Pharmacy data ‘could reduce asthma treatment inequality’

Research has found that the ratio of dispensed asthma controller to rescue medication at community pharmacies is associated with the need for emergency asthma treatment in paediatric patients.

21 May 2015

TDF switch effective in Asian chronic HBV patients

Switching therapy to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate is effective in treatment-resistant chronic hepatitis B, show results from a cohort of Asian patients.

29 Apr 2015

Novel treatment strategy targets treatment-resistant CML

Researchers have shown that the coiled-coil mimetic CCmut3 can inhibit cell growth and promote apoptosis in cell lines expressing BCR–ABL1, including those resistant to tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

20 Apr 2015

Researchers call for earlier PAH diagnosis and treatment

A study has found that treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients younger than 55 years significantly improves their performance on the 6-minute walk test.

14 Apr 2015

Kirsty Oswald

Articles from Kirsty

SNPs predict sunitinib outcome in mRCC

Airway granulocytes potential CF biomarker for fungal lung disease

Challenge remains for early COPD detection in primary care

Pulmonary rehabilitation ‘should include sleep assessment’

‘Real-world’ sunitinib findings support trial results

Women more likely to be hospitalised after asthma emergency care

Pharmacy data ‘could reduce asthma treatment inequality’

TDF switch effective in Asian chronic HBV patients

Novel treatment strategy targets treatment-resistant CML

Researchers call for earlier PAH diagnosis and treatment

Innovations in baculovirus–insect cell expression systems

Compound Management and its Crucial Role in Early Pharmaceutical Research

Natural products: the next frontier in drug discovery

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