Local News Filip Van Petegem Leads Study Showing Disease Mutant Causes Large Changes in the Structure of the RyR1 Protein Life Sciences Institute | February 12, 2021 Two weeks ago, a two-year-old with tooth decay started exhaling alarming amounts of CO2 and…sciencecityFebruary 12, 2021 Read More
Local News Genome Science Is Shaping B.C.’s COVID-19 Response and Guiding Health Officials through Wrenching Decisions The Globe and Mail | February 11, 2021 B.C.’s biotechnology sector has emerged as a critical arm of the province’s pandemic response. As…sciencecityFebruary 11, 2021 Read More
Local News Streamlining Clinical Research in BC to Tackle COVID-19 Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | February 11, 2021 The race to find treatment approaches to improve patient outcomes and end the COVID-19 pandemic…sciencecityFebruary 11, 2021 Read More
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