AwardsFeatured Awards UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences Professor and Dean Emeritus Appointed Member of the Order of Canada UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | December 2, 2020 UBC Pharm Sci professor and dean emeritus, Dr. John McNeill, was today appointed as a…eabramovichDecember 2, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week PODO447: A Novel Antibody to a Tumor-Restricted Epitope on the Cancer Antigen Podocalyxin Hernaez, D.C., et al. | December 2, 2020 The success of new targeted cancer therapies has been dependent on the identification of tumor-specific…eabramovichDecember 2, 2020 Read More
AwardsMonthly Award Summaries November 2020 Award Winners Science in the City | December 1, 2020 Dr. Ralph Pantophlet is among the various Vancouver-based researchers to receive a grant from the…eabramovichDecember 1, 2020 Read More
Local News Whole Genome and Transcriptome Sequencing Uncovers Biomarkers Predicting Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre at BC Cancer | December 1, 2020 The development of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI), a type of cancer therapy that helps the immune system…eabramovichDecember 1, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Single-Cell Analysis of Autophagy Activity in Normal and De Novo Transformed Human Mammary Cells Lefort, S., et al. | November 30, 2020 Assessment of autophagy activity has historically been limited to investigations of fixed tissue or bulk…eabramovichNovember 30, 2020 Read More
Local News Symvivo Corporation Announces Research Collaboration with Janssen LifeSciences BC | November 27, 2020 Symvivo Corporation, a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing a proprietary bacTRL™ gene delivery platform, announced today…eabramovichNovember 27, 2020 Read More
Local News Voicing the Silent Genomes: New Documentary Features GSC Scientist, Dr. Nadine Caron Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre at BC Cancer | November 27, 2020 The vision of precision medicine is customized health care—preventative measures, disease treatments, practices and products…eabramovichNovember 27, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Inhibition of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Preserves High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Improves Survival in Sepsis Trinder, M., et al. | November 26, 2020 Previous research from the authors identified that people with a gain-of-function DNA variant in a…eabramovichNovember 26, 2020 Read More
Local News New Treatment Strategy Could Overcome Drug Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer UBC Medicine | November 26, 2020 Research by scientists at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the BC Cancer Research…eabramovichNovember 26, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Beyond Kinases: Targeting Replication Stress Proteins in Cancer Therapy Baillie, K.E., & Stirling, P.C. | November 25, 2020 DNA replication stress describes a state of impaired replication fork progress that triggers a cellular…eabramovichNovember 25, 2020 Read More