Publications of the Week Participant Selection for Lung Cancer Screening by Risk Modelling: a Single-Arm, Prospective Study Tammemagi, M.C. and Lam, S., et al. | November 2, 2017 Results from retrospective studies indicate that selecting individuals for low-dose CT lung cancer screening on the basis of a highly…sciencecityNovember 2, 2017 Read More
Local News New Genetic Research Sheds Light on Sudden Unexplained Death in the Young SFU News | November 2, 2017 Informing a grieving family that their child has suddenly died of unexplainable causes is a…sciencecityNovember 2, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Engineered In-Vitro Cell Line Mixtures and Robust Evaluation of Computational Methods for Clonal Decomposition and Longitudinal Dynamics in Cancer Farahani, H. and Shah, S., et al. | November 1, 2017 Characterization and quantification of tumour clonal populations over time via longitudinal sampling are essential components…sciencecityNovember 1, 2017 Read More
Local News InMed Announces Positive Pre-Clinical Data on an Ocular Hydrogel Formulation Using a Biosynthesized Cannabinoid InMed Pharmaceuticals | November 1, 2017 InMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the research and development of novel, cannabinoid-based…sciencecityNovember 1, 2017 Read More
Local News SFU-Brazilian Researchers Connect to Tackle Insect Transmitted Diseases SFU News | October 31, 2017 Researchers at SFU and Brazil’s Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) are collaborating to determine why…sciencecityOctober 31, 2017 Read More
Local News B.C. Lung Screen Trial Recruiting 2,000 People for Cancer Screening Study Terry Fox Research Institute | October 31, 2017 The B.C. Lung Screen Trial at Vancouver General Hospital is currently recruiting 2,000 individuals from…sciencecityOctober 31, 2017 Read More
AwardsMonthly Award Summaries October 2017 Award Winners Science in the City | October 31, 2017 Dr. Carlo Menon of Simon Fraser University has been awarded a New Infrastructure Grant from…sciencecityOctober 31, 2017 Read More
Interesting Articles Scientists Working toward Reversible Gene Editing CTV News | October 30, 2017 Scientists are altering a powerful gene-editing technology in hopes of one day fighting diseases without…sciencecityOctober 30, 2017 Read More
Local News Vancouver Medical Researchers Make Heart-Pounding Breakthrough Global News | October 30, 2017 Anyone suffering from heart arrhythmia won’t be in pain for much longer, thanks to a…sciencecityOctober 30, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week RECQ-Like Helicases Sgs1 and BLM Regulate R-Loop-Associated Genome Instability Chang, E.Y. and Stirling, P.C., et al. | October 30, 2017 Sgs1, the orthologue of human Bloom's syndrome helicase BLM, is a yeast DNA helicase functioning…sciencecityOctober 30, 2017 Read More