Local News Untangling the Brain’s “Wires” in the Virtual SpaceDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | July 12, 2018The brain’s cells interact with one another in a very dense environment, some of them…sciencecityJuly 12, 2018 Read More
Local News A Pretty Plant of Summer Produces a Promising Anti-Diabetes CompoundMichael Smith Laboratories | July 11, 2018Roughly half of the western medicines used today were derived from naturally occurring plant metabolites.…sciencecityJuly 11, 2018 Read More
Local News Bacteria-Powered Solar Cell Converts Light to Energy, Even Under Overcast SkiesUBC News | July 10, 2018UBC researchers have found a cheap, sustainable way to build a solar cell using bacteria…sciencecityJuly 10, 2018 Read More
Local News Health Canada Cleared EmeTerm Anti-Nausea Wristband and HeadaTerm Anti-Migraine Head PatchLifeSciencesBC | July 10, 2018Shortly after WAT Medical’s leading product to treat nausea-induced vomiting, EmeTerm, received its FDA clearance…sciencecityJuly 10, 2018 Read More
Local News New Research Shows Many Women with Breast Cancer Don’t Need ChemoBC Cancer | July 9, 2018Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women with one in nine developing the…sciencecityJuly 9, 2018 Read More
Local News SFU Graduate Students Join International Network of African Scientists Pursuing Innovative HIV and Tuberculosis ResearchSFU Faculty of Health Sciences | July 6, 2018Five FHS graduate students, who are citizens of Kenya, Botswana and Rwanda, were recently admitted…sciencecityJuly 6, 2018 Read More
Local News HPV Test More Effective Than Pap Smear in Cancer Screening, Study SuggestsCNN | July 6, 2018Cervical cancer is among the easiest gynecologic cancers to prevent, and two screening tests can help…sciencecityJuly 6, 2018 Read More
Local News This Partnership Between BC Cancer and Microsoft Could Change the Future of Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentDaily Hive Vancouver | July 5, 2018Cancer is one of the biggest health crises of our generation – statistics now indicate…sciencecityJuly 5, 2018 Read More
Local News Meet the Researcher: Dr. Ed PryzdialCentre for Blood Research | July 5, 2018Prof. Ed Pryzdial was one of the first people that I met when I joined…sciencecityJuly 5, 2018 Read More
Local News New Research Aims to Better Visualize Breast Cancer in Real TimeBC Cancer | July 3, 2018Treatment includes surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, targeted therapy or hormonal therapy, likely a combination depending on…sciencecityJuly 3, 2018 Read More