Viruses have evolved diverse strategies to evade the host innate immune response and promote infection.…
pthomsonAugust 15, 2023
Antivirals with broad coronavirus activity are important for treating high-risk individuals exposed to the constantly…
pthomsonAugust 14, 2023
CTN Investigators Drs. Naveed Janjua (Canadian lead) and Sofia Bartlett, along with a team of researchers from Canada and the…
pthomsonAugust 11, 2023
Lineage plasticity is a form of therapy-induced drug resistance. In prostate cancer, androgen receptor (AR)…
pthomsonAugust 11, 2023
Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Company” or “AGN Pharma”) (CSE: AGN) (FRANKFURT: AGW0) (OTCQB: AGNPF), a…
pthomsonAugust 10, 2023
Type II topoisomerase (Top2) poisoning therapy is used to treat a broad range of cancers…
pthomsonAugust 10, 2023
NervGen Pharma Corp. (TSX-V: NGEN; OTCQX: NGENF), a clinical stage biotech company dedicated to developing…
pthomsonAugust 10, 2023
A future where autism care is personalized to fit an individual’s unique genetic makeup is…
pthomsonJuly 22, 2021
The Board of Directors of the Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI) announces the appointment of…
pthomsonJuly 22, 2021
Microglia—the immune cells of the brain—have been an important area of study over the last…
pthomsonJuly 22, 2021
The central role of university science in responding to the global pandemic has been clear.…
pthomsonJuly 22, 2021
There have been over 1,000,000 cases of COVID-19 in Canada to date, and over 25,000…
pthomsonJuly 20, 2021
Up until now, normal levels of brain myelin—a key indicator of conditions such as multiple…
pthomsonJuly 14, 2021
Incisive Genetics Inc. (“IG”), a privately held biotech company specializing in the research and development…
pthomsonJuly 13, 2021
The first-ever national clinical trial of medical cannabis oil extracts for multiple cancer-related symptoms has…
pthomsonJuly 13, 2021
Dr. Alex Wyatt has been awarded a CIHR Early Career Investigator Award for $345,000 over…
sciencecityDecember 13, 2017
Phyton Biotech today announced that it has received a $400,000 grant from the Bill &…
sciencecityDecember 12, 2017
In two small offices of the Michael Smith Laboratories, among the controlled chaos of labs…
sciencecityDecember 11, 2017
Tommy Douglas. Terry Fox. Michael Bliss. Judith Hall. These renowned individuals are among the 125 laureates of the Canadian…
sciencecityDecember 8, 2017
There are currently 5 million Canadians suffering from asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD),…
sciencecityDecember 5, 2017
Dr. Marco Marra at the BC Cancer Agency is one of two UBC researchers to…
sciencecityNovember 30, 2017
Dr. Brian Grunau, CHÉOS Scientist and emergency physician at St. Paul’s Hospital, was recently recognized for…
sciencecityNovember 30, 2017
Dr. Dessa Sadovnick is a Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics and the Division of…
sciencecityNovember 29, 2017
