Local News Hepatitis C Cure Does Not Remove All Risks, CTN Investigators Find CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network | August 11, 2023 CTN Investigators Drs. Naveed Janjua (Canadian lead) and Sofia Bartlett, along with a team of researchers from Canada and the…pthomsonAugust 11, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week ASCL1 Is Activated Downstream of the ROR2/CREB Signaling Pathway to Support Lineage Plasticity in Prostate Cancer Tabrizian, N., et al. | August 11, 2023 Lineage plasticity is a form of therapy-induced drug resistance. In prostate cancer, androgen receptor (AR)…pthomsonAugust 11, 2023 Read More
Local News Algernon NeuroScience Announces 40 Patient Phase 2 Psychedelic Drug DMT Stroke Study Life Sciences BC | August 10, 2023 Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Company” or “AGN Pharma”) (CSE: AGN) (FRANKFURT: AGW0) (OTCQB: AGNPF), a…pthomsonAugust 10, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week DNA-PK Inhibition Extends the Therapeutic Effects of Top2 Poisoning to Non-Proliferating Cells, Increasing Activity at a Cost Want, T., et al. | August 10, 2023 Type II topoisomerase (Top2) poisoning therapy is used to treat a broad range of cancers…pthomsonAugust 10, 2023 Read More
Local News NervGen Pharma To Proceed with Landmark Phase 1b/2a Clinical Trial for NVG-291 in Spinal Cord Injury Having Completed FDA Review and Received IRB Approval NervGen Pharma | August 10, 2023 NervGen Pharma Corp. (TSX-V: NGEN; OTCQX: NGENF), a clinical stage biotech company dedicated to developing…pthomsonAugust 10, 2023 Read More
Local News Combining Genomic Insights and Traditional Indigenous Knowledge for the Conservation of Pacific Salmon Genome BC | August 10, 2023 Pacific salmon populations have been in significant decline for the past four decades. A new…pthomsonAugust 10, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Faculty of Medicine Members Among 2023 Order of BC Recipients UBC Faculty of Medicine | August 9, 2023 UBC faculty of medicine community members Drs. Penny Ballem, Jane Buxton and Pieter Cullis have…pthomsonAugust 9, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Celebrating Research Excellence: Nine Scholars Recognized as Distinguished SFU Professors SFU | August 8, 2023 Nine Simon Fraser University (SFU) researchers have been named 2023 Distinguished SFU Professors—bringing the total to…pthomsonAugust 8, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Congratulations to LSI Researchers Awarded Funding through the Spring 2023 CIHR Project Grant Competition! Life Sciences Institute | August 5, 2023 Ten LSI researchers were awarded funds in the CIHR Spring 2023 Project Grant competition. Listed…pthomsonAugust 5, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Eras of Designer Tregs: Harnessing Synthetic Biology for Immune Suppression Tuomela, K., et al. | August 4, 2023 Since their discovery, CD4+CD25hiFOXP3hi regulatory T cells (Tregs) have been firmly established as a critical cell…pthomsonAugust 4, 2023 Read More