Local News How Michael Smith Put B.C.’s Life Sciences Community on the Map with a Nobel Prize 25 Years Ago The Vancouver Sun | September 25, 2018 The late Nobel Prize winner Michael Smith was a good, but not spectacular, student who…sciencecitySeptember 25, 2018 Read More
Local News B.C. Women’s Hospital Preemie Baby Biobank First of Its Kind in Canada CBC News | September 24, 2018 Unique research is taking place at B.C. Women's Hospital and one of the doctors taking…sciencecitySeptember 24, 2018 Read More
Local News HPV Vaccine Shows Higher Failure Rate in Girls or Women Living With HIV UBC Faculty of Medicine | September 19, 2018 The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine had a higher risk of failure with women who are…sciencecitySeptember 19, 2018 Read More
Local News SFU Team Receives Funding to Expand Systems of Worldwide Health Research Databases SFU Faculty of Science | September 14, 2018 The Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) today announced $800,000 in funding to expand Simon…sciencecitySeptember 14, 2018 Read More
Local News Concussions Loosen Insulation around Brain Cells UBC Faculty of Medicine | September 13, 2018 Detailed scans of concussed University of British Columbia hockey players found that the protective fatty…sciencecitySeptember 13, 2018 Read More
Local News CDRD Academy Announces Inaugural Cohort in Unique New National Executive Institute The Centre for Drug Research and Development | September 12, 2018 CDRD – The Centre for Drug Research and Development, Canada’s national life sciences venture, is…sciencecitySeptember 12, 2018 Read More
Local News Vancouver Urologists Shine New Light on Bladder Cancers to Improve Detection The Vancouver Sun | September 12, 2018 Vancouver urologists are shining new light — literally — on cancerous bladder lesions, with a…sciencecitySeptember 12, 2018 Read More
Local News New Test Aims to Help Identify Thousands in B.C. Unknowingly Living with Hepatitis C Global News | September 11, 2018 Daryl Luster is one of the lucky ones. The patient advocate with the Pacific hepatitis…sciencecitySeptember 11, 2018 Read More
Local News UBC Alumnus Sees Big Potential for Tiny Yeast UBC Science | September 11, 2018 Biochemist and molecular biologist Matthew Dahabieh (BSc 06’, MSc 08’, PhD 13’) originally planned to…sciencecitySeptember 11, 2018 Read More
Local News TRIUMF is Trying to Create the Rarest Drug on Earth Storyhive via Youtube | September 10, 2018 Using a particle accelerator, a team of scientists at TRIUMF is attempting to make a…sciencecitySeptember 10, 2018 Read More