Local News Specialized Immune Cells Could Help Repair Damage from Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute | December 13, 2019 A new study suggests that specialized immune cells that dampen inflammation and help repair the…sciencecityDecember 13, 2019 Read More
Local News Gut Checking Microbiome Research Genome BC | December 12, 2019 Timothy Caulfield’s article, “Microbiome research needs a gut check” published in the Globe and Mail,…sciencecityDecember 12, 2019 Read More
Local News Decipher Biosciences Announces Research Collaboration with Dendreon to Identify Genomic Drivers of Patient Response to Sipuleucel-T T-Net | December 11, 2019 Decipher Biosciences (formerly GenomeDx), a leader in the field of urologic cancer genomics, has announced a…sciencecityDecember 11, 2019 Read More
Local News Robert Hogg Named Faculty of Health Sciences’s New Associate Dean, Research SFU Faculty of Health Sciences | December 9, 2019 Robert Hogg has been appointed as the new Associate Dean, Research in the Faculty of Health…sciencecityDecember 9, 2019 Read More
Local News UBC and Oxford University Create Global Network for Training in Clinical Pharmacology UBC Medicine | December 9, 2019 The University of British Columbia and the University of Oxford have formalized a transatlantic partnership…sciencecityDecember 9, 2019 Read More
Local News Joining Forces For Responsive And Responsible Research Funding Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research | December 6, 2019 As BC's health research funding agency, we think deeply about how to grow, improve and…sciencecityDecember 6, 2019 Read More
Local News IGF2R Blood Levels May Help Predict Antibiotic Response in CF Pulmonary Exacerbations, Study Says Cystic Fibrosis News Today | December 4, 2019 Measuring the levels of insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor (IGF2R) during the first days of treatment with…sciencecityDecember 4, 2019 Read More
Local News Novoheart to Co-Develop First of its Kind Human Heart-in-a-Jar Model of Heart Failure with AstraZeneca Novoheart Holdings Inc. | December 4, 2019 Novoheart (“Novoheart” or the “Company”) (TSXV: NVH; FWB: 3NH), a global stem cell biotechnology company, is…sciencecityDecember 4, 2019 Read More
Local News Experimental Drug Would Be First to Reverse Decline of Alzheimer’s The Daily Scan | December 3, 2019 The recent announcement that an experimental Alzheimer’s drug is being resurrected after it was previously deemed a…sciencecityDecember 3, 2019 Read More
Local News UBC Funding to Foster Collaborations in Research Excellence UBC Office of the President | December 2, 2019 I’m pleased to announce the renewal and expansion of our Collaborative Research Mobility Awards (CRMA) program, a…sciencecityDecember 2, 2019 Read More