Local News SFU-Brazilian Researchers Connect to Tackle Insect Transmitted DiseasesSFU News | October 31, 2017Researchers 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 StudyTerry Fox Research Institute | October 31, 2017The 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 WinnersScience in the City | October 31, 2017Dr. 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 EditingCTV News | October 30, 2017Scientists 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 BreakthroughGlobal News | October 30, 2017Anyone 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 InstabilityChang, E.Y. and Stirling, P.C., et al. | October 30, 2017Sgs1, the orthologue of human Bloom's syndrome helicase BLM, is a yeast DNA helicase functioning…sciencecityOctober 30, 2017 Read More
Local News Xenon Pharmaceuticals Announces Initiation of XEN1101 Phase I Clinical TrialXenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. | October 27, 2017Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced the initiation of a Phase 1 “first-in-human” clinical trial of its…sciencecityOctober 27, 2017 Read More
Interesting Articles The Fast Track for Regenerative MedicineBiotechnology Focus | October 27, 2017From penicillin to the Tesla Model 3, every great modern invention that has solved a…sciencecityOctober 27, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Infrastructure Grants from Canadian Government Fund ICORD ResearchICORD | October 26, 2017The Faculty of Medicine received a total of $31.2 million for eight projects in the…sciencecityOctober 26, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Antimicrobial Resistance Gene Acquisition and Depletion Following Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) for Recurrent Clostridium Difficile InfectionLeung, V. and Manges, A.R., et al. | October 26, 2017Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) may be a novel approach to eliminate multidrug-resistant bacteria from the…sciencecityOctober 26, 2017 Read More