Local News B.C. Developed Hepatitis C Screening Test Personalizes Treatment for PatientsThe Globe and Mail | May 16, 2017Scientists 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 RatsDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | May 16, 2017New research from Dr. Catharine Winstanley's lab confirms for the first time that even mild…sciencecityMay 16, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week The Histone Methyltransferase EZH2 Is a Therapeutic Target in Small Cell Carcinoma of the Ovary, Hypercalcemic TypeWang, Y. and Huntsman, D.G., et al. | May 15, 2017Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT) is a rare but extremely lethal…sciencecityMay 15, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Stat3 Regulates Centrosome Clustering in Cancer Cells via Stathmin/PLK1Morris, E.J. and Dedhar, S., et al. | May 15, 2017Cancer cells have been observed to frequently have amplified centrosomes. These amplified centrosomes must be…sciencecityMay 15, 2017 Read More
Local News To Crack the Vaccine Code, UBC Assembles Its Own “Ocean’s Thirteen”UBC Faculty of Medicine | May 15, 2017Vaccines have rightly come to be regarded as one of modern medicine’s greatest accomplishments, having…sciencecityMay 15, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Innovative Researcher Honoured as Fellow of the National Academy of InventorsMichael Smith Laboratories | May 12, 2017Dr. Terrance (Terry) Snutch was recently inducted as a Fellow in the National Academy of…sciencecityMay 12, 2017 Read More
Local News CDRD Appoints Matthew J. Carlyle Chief Financial OfficerThe CDRD | May 12, 2017The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), Canada’s national drug development and commercialization engine…sciencecityMay 12, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Reappraisal of TDP-43 Pathology in FTLD-U SubtypesMackenzie, I.R., et al. | May 12, 2017Frontotemporal lobar degeneration with tau-negative, ubiquitin-immunoreactive (-ir) pathology (FTLD-U) is subclassified based on the type…sciencecityMay 12, 2017 Read More
Local News Combatting Resistant Strains of Hep C Virus Could Improve Effectiveness of TherapyGenome BC | May 11, 2017Nearly 1 in 150 Canadians are infected with Hepatitis C (HCV). British Columbia has an…sciencecityMay 11, 2017 Read More
Spotlight Austin Wang Talks Microbial Fuel Cells and Winning the Intel International Science and Engineering FairScience in the City | May 10, 2017An avid science enthusiast, Austin Wang began working in the laboratories of Dr. William Mohn,…sciencecityMay 10, 2017 Read More