Local News Vancouver-Based TRIUMF Says It Has Produced the ‘Rarest Drug on Earth’ for Cancer TreatmentVancouver Sun | October 29, 2019A small quantity of a radioactive isotope called the “rarest drug on earth” has been…sciencecityOctober 29, 2019 Read More
Local News International Study Finds New Genetic Features in Rare Burkitt Lymphoma CancerSFU News | October 29, 2019In a collaborative effort involving more than 16 institutions around the globe, researchers from Simon…sciencecityOctober 29, 2019 Read More
Local News Meet the Researcher: Prof. Hongshen MaCentre for Blood Research | October 28, 2019Prof. Hongshen Ma is a principal investigator at the Centre for Blood Research, an Associate…sciencecityOctober 28, 2019 Read More
Local News Nerd Nite Returns to North Van with Star Trek Theme and Almost-AstronautNorth Shore News | October 25, 2019If you can study a fish in Cleveland, you should study a different fish. “That’s…sciencecityOctober 25, 2019 Read More
Local News Sophia Frangou Appointed UBC President’s Excellence Chair in Brain HealthUBC Medicine | October 24, 2019The Faculty of Medicine is proud to announce that Dr. Sophia Frangou, an internationally-prominent clinician…sciencecityOctober 24, 2019 Read More
Local News Systematic Review Identifies Consistencies and Gaps in MS Microbiome StudiesDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | October 24, 2019There is growing evidence across a range of neurological disorders that the gut microbiome has…sciencecityOctober 24, 2019 Read More
Local News A Team Effort: Mutations Work Collectively in Complex Networks to Shape Enzyme EvolutionMichael Smith Laboratories | October 23, 2019Without enzyme catalysts, many reactions would be too slow to be useful. Enzymes are highly…sciencecityOctober 23, 2019 Read More
Local News Canadian Breakthrough that Became the World’s Most Expensive Drug, Then Vanished, Gets Second ChanceCBC News | October 22, 2019A made-in-Canada medical breakthrough that disappeared from the market because it wasn't profitable is being revived…sciencecityOctober 22, 2019 Read More
Local News New Finding Sheds Light on Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer ProgressionThe Terry Fox Research Institute | October 21, 2019The need to understand how t-NEPC progresses is huge: survival after diagnosis is less than…sciencecityOctober 21, 2019 Read More
Local News Exercise “Rewires” the Brain, May Improve Motor Function and Mood in Parkinson’s DiseaseDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | October 18, 2019Exercise increases dopamine release and synaptic plasticity, changing the way the brain is wired in…sciencecityOctober 18, 2019 Read More