Local News MSFHR and BC AHSN Intend to Join Forces to Drive Discovery and Innovation in BC’s Health Research Enterprise Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research | February 11, 2021 The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) and the BC Academic Health Science Network…sciencecityFebruary 11, 2021 Read More
Local News Chinook Receives Rare Pediatric Disease Designation from U.S. Food and Drug Administration for CHK-336 for Treatment of Primary Hyperoxaluria Chinook Therapeutics | February 10, 2021 Chinook Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of precision…sciencecityFebruary 10, 2021 Read More
Local News Bright Minds Biosciences Announces Listing on Canadian Stock Exchange Bright Minds Biosciences via GlobeNewsWire | February 10, 2021 Bright Minds Biosciences, a biosciences company focused on creating the next generation of psychedelic and…sciencecityFebruary 10, 2021 Read More
Local News Parkinson’s Disease and Lung Cancer: LRRK2 Gene a Shared Culprit? BC Cancer | February 9, 2021 LRRK2 is a highly studied gene in Parkinson’s disease, where increased activity is thought to play a causative role. Now,…sciencecityFebruary 9, 2021 Read More
Local News How Vancouver’s Precision Nanosystems Plans to Produce 240m Vaccine Doses Every Year Business in Vancouver | February 5, 2021 Unlike the U.S. or Europe, where vaccines from Moderna Inc. and Pfizer Inc. are produced,…sciencecityFebruary 5, 2021 Read More
Local News Precision NanoSystems Receives Contribution from the Government of Canada to Build RNA Medicine Biomanufacturing Centre Precision NanoSystems | February 4, 2021 Precision NanoSystems, Inc. (PNI), a global leader in technologies and solutions for development of genetic…sciencecityFebruary 4, 2021 Read More
Local News Alumni Profile: Dr. Helen Burt, PhD ’80 UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | February 3, 2021 I graduated from the University of Bath, England with a pharmacy undergraduate degree in 1975.…sciencecityFebruary 3, 2021 Read More
Local News Researchers Discover Biological Foundation of Botanical Formulation Used to Prevent Opioid-Related Withdrawal Symptoms Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | February 2, 2021 When a person living with an opioid addiction begins the process of detoxifying, they are…sciencecityFebruary 2, 2021 Read More
Local News COVID-19 May Forever Alter Our Microbiomes Michael Smith Laboratories | February 1, 2021 We are what we eat, and also what we do, who we see, and how…sciencecityFebruary 1, 2021 Read More
Local News Zymeworks Advances HER2 Bispecific Antibody-Drug Conjugate, ZW49, into Expansion Cohort Stage of Clinical Development Zymeworks | February 1, 2021 Zymeworks Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing multifunctional biotherapeutics, announced today that the Company has…sciencecityFebruary 1, 2021 Read More