Local News TELUS Donates $500,000 to Support Global-Leading Research Team Develop Antiviral Treatments for COVID-19 TELUS Communications Inc | March 31, 2020 TELUS today announced a $500,000 donation to the Vancouver Prostate Centre (VPC), Vancouver General Hospital…sciencecityMarch 31, 2020 Read More
Local News From Fighting Marine Contaminants to Fishing for Cancer Treatments from Marine Sponges: How a GSC Biochemist Made a Drug Discovery Breakthrough Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre | March 31, 2020 Dr. Marianne Sadar is not one to back down from a challenge. So even when…sciencecityMarch 31, 2020 Read More
Local News New Study Shows Immune Cells of the Brain Still Function in Glucose-Limited Environment Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | March 31, 2020 An emerging area of research called immunometabolism investigates how the metabolism of immune cells affects…sciencecityMarch 31, 2020 Read More
Local News Canadian Hospitals to Start Enrolling Patients in Global COVID-19 Drug Trials The Star | March 30, 2020 Within the next week, more than a dozen Canadian hospitals will start enrolling patients as…sciencecityMarch 30, 2020 Read More
Local News Derm-Biome Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Reports Positive Results from a Preclinical Study in Atopic Dermatitis Derm-Biome Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | March 27, 2020 Derm-Biome Pharmaceuticals, Inc, a private Vancouver based start-up biopharmaceutical company focused on skin health and…sciencecityMarch 27, 2020 Read More
Local News Genome BC Launches Rapid Response Funding for COVID-19 Projects Genome BC | March 27, 2020 Genome BC is ]launching a rapid response funding program to invest in promising research and…sciencecityMarch 27, 2020 Read More
Local News Virology Lab First in Canada to Have New High Throughput COVID-19 Testing Capability St. Paul’s Foundation | March 27, 2020 On March 21, 2020, the virology laboratory at St. Paul’s Hospital started using a new high…sciencecityMarch 27, 2020 Read More
Local News Canadian Biotechnology Company STEMCELL Technologies Provides Critical Support to Sequence the COVID-19 Virus, Accelerating Vaccine Development STEMCELL Technologies | March 26, 2020 Canada’s largest biotechnology company, Vancouver’s STEMCELL Technologies, has been making significant contributions to the fight against…sciencecityMarch 26, 2020 Read More
Local News SFU Student’s Honours Project Leads to BC-CfE Job SFU Faculty of Health Sciences | March 25, 2020 As a curious, keen problem solver who works to better understand HIV molecular virology, Hanwei…sciencecityMarch 25, 2020 Read More
Local News Western Canada Bolsters Canada’s Strength in Regenerative Medicine Signals Blog | March 24, 2020 Canada’s strength in regenerative medicine (RM) and cell and gene therapies is a result of…sciencecityMarch 24, 2020 Read More