Local News B.C. Developed Hepatitis C Screening Test Personalizes Treatment for Patients The Globe and Mail | May 16, 2017 Scientists in Vancouver have developed a new screening tool that reveals the genetic signature of…sciencecityMay 16, 2017 Read More
Local News New Research Finds Brain Injury Causes Impulse Control Problems in Rats Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | May 16, 2017 New research from Dr. Catharine Winstanley's lab confirms for the first time that even mild…sciencecityMay 16, 2017 Read More
Local News To Crack the Vaccine Code, UBC Assembles Its Own “Ocean’s Thirteen” UBC Faculty of Medicine | May 15, 2017 Vaccines have rightly come to be regarded as one of modern medicine’s greatest accomplishments, having…sciencecityMay 15, 2017 Read More
Local News CDRD Appoints Matthew J. Carlyle Chief Financial Officer The CDRD | May 12, 2017 The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), Canada’s national drug development and commercialization engine…sciencecityMay 12, 2017 Read More
Local News Combatting Resistant Strains of Hep C Virus Could Improve Effectiveness of Therapy Genome BC | May 11, 2017 Nearly 1 in 150 Canadians are infected with Hepatitis C (HCV). British Columbia has an…sciencecityMay 11, 2017 Read More
Local News Organ Printing Holds Promise for Better Healthcare, Cheaper Drugs UBC News | May 9, 2017 This week, global experts will gather at the University of British Columbia to discuss the…sciencecityMay 9, 2017 Read More
Local News PureTech Health Announces Licensing Agreement between Commense and the University of British Columbia for Microbiome-Derived Therapy Business Wire | May 9, 2017 PureTech Health plc (“PureTech Health” or the “Company”, LSE:PRTC), an advanced, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, is…sciencecityMay 9, 2017 Read More
Local News B.C. HIV Researcher among Winners of $100,000 Killam Prize CTV News | May 8, 2017 Leading HIV/AIDS researcher Julio Montaner is among a group of scientists, writers, doctors and researchers…sciencecityMay 8, 2017 Read More
Local News Solving the Mystery: Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia without Heparin? The Centre for Blood Research | May 5, 2017 Heparin is a natural anticoagulant that derives its name from the tissue it was first…sciencecityMay 5, 2017 Read More
Local News Science Minister Mulls Forcing Universities to Hire More Female Researchers CTV News | May 4, 2017 The federal science minister says universities aren't doing the heavy lifting to appoint more female…sciencecityMay 4, 2017 Read More