Local News Circumventing Selective Permeability: Small Binding Proteins Hitch a Ride Into Cell Cytosol via Salmonella’s Sensory Probe UBC Life Sciences Institute | August 27, 2020 LSI researchers have harnessed salmonella’s syringe-like system to inject specific proteins into the fluid that…eabramovichAugust 27, 2020 Read More
Local News Acidity May Play a Role in Esophageal Cancer – And Point the Way to New Treatment Approaches UBC Life Sciences Institute | August 26, 2020 LSI and UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers have found that pH levels may play a…eabramovichAugust 26, 2020 Read More
Local News Chinook Therapeutics Raises $106M As It Prepares to Merge with Aduro Biotech GeekWire | August 25, 2020 Chinook Therapeutics, a biotech company creating targeted therapies for kidney diseases, raised an additional $106…eabramovichAugust 25, 2020 Read More
Local News Cancer Drug Synergizes with Radiation Therapy in Treatment-Resistant Prostate Cancer Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre at BC Cancer | August 25, 2020 For some prostate cancer patients, radiation and androgen deprivation therapy—a type of chemotherapy that reduces…eabramovichAugust 25, 2020 Read More
Local News AbCellera Acquires OrthoMab Bispecific Platform to Propel the Development of Antibody Therapies for Pharma and Biotech Partners AbCellera | August 24, 2020 AbCellera today announced the acquisition of the OrthoMab bispecific platform from Dualogics, LLC. (Dualogics). OrthoMab…eabramovichAugust 24, 2020 Read More
Local News New Study Helps Improve Bespoke Immune Cells’ Ability to Prevent Transplant Rejection in Patients with Donated Tissue BC Children's Hospital Research Institute | August 24, 2020 A new study, published this week in Science Translational Medicine, further refines a potential new treatment…eabramovichAugust 24, 2020 Read More
Local News Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network Operational Plan Continues to Take Shape Terry Fox Research Institute | August 21, 2020 Plans for implementation of the new pan-Canadian network to accelerate precision medicine continue to move…eabramovichAugust 21, 2020 Read More
Local News Fast and Furious: Targeting “Nitro(gen) Boosts” in a Deadly Bacterium for Next-Generation Antimicrobials Centre for Blood Research | August 21, 2020 In Fast and Furious, one of the greatest films of all time, Paul Walker almost wins…eabramovichAugust 21, 2020 Read More
Local News Biotech Coalition Hopes Llama Nanobodies Hold Key to COVID-19 Treatment CBC News | August 20, 2020 A coalition of Canadian biotech companies are hoping that fragments of antibodies they've raised and sequenced…eabramovichAugust 20, 2020 Read More
Local News Qu Biologics Initiates Phase 2 Study to Assess Activation of Anti-Cancer Immune Response in Colon Cancer LifeSciences BC | August 20, 2020 Qu Biologics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing Site Specific Immunomodulators (SSIs), a novel platform of immunotherapies designed…eabramovichAugust 20, 2020 Read More