Local News Working Together with Indigenous Peoples to Enhance Equity and Access in Precision Health Genome BC | August 21, 2017 Technology advancements and decreasing costs have made DNA sequencing more accessible than ever before. The…sciencecityAugust 21, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Near-Atomic Resolution Cryoelectron Microscopy Structure of the 30-Fold Homooligomeric SpoIIIAG Channel Essential to Spore Formation in Bacillus Subtilis Zeytuni, N. and Strynadka, N.C., et al. | August 21, 2017 Bacterial sporulation allows starving cells to differentiate into metabolically dormant spores that can survive extreme…sciencecityAugust 21, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards A Two Year Operating Grant Has Been Awarded to Dr. Connie Eaves by the Cancer Research Society Terry Fox Laboratories | August 21, 2017 Our goal is to obtain new information about “autophagy” that could help to improve breast…sciencecityAugust 21, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Amyloid Formation Disrupts the Balance between Interleukin-1β and Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist in Human Islets Hui, Q. and Marzban, L., et al. | August 18, 2017 β-cell dysfunction and apoptosis associated with islet inflammation play a key role in the pathogenesis…sciencecityAugust 18, 2017 Read More
Local News VIDEO: Understanding the G-quadruplex UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | August 18, 2017 How is the human genome sequence packaged in addition to the double helical structure? And…sciencecityAugust 18, 2017 Read More
Local News Medical Marijuana, Inc. Major Investment AXIM Biotech Enters Clinical Study Agreement with University of British Columbia to Begin Clinical Trial on CBD Chewing Gum for Treatment of Drug-Related Psychosis Medical Marijuana Inc. vis PR Newswire | August 17, 2017 Medical Marijuana, Inc., the first publicly traded cannabis company in the United States, today announced that…sciencecityAugust 17, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Systemic Inflammation Combined with Neonatal Cerebellar Hemorrhage Aggravates Long-Term Structural and Functional Outcomes in a Mouse Model Tremblay, S. and Goldowitz, D., et al. | August 17, 2017 Infants born preterm are highly susceptible to various environmental stressors during their first few weeks…sciencecityAugust 17, 2017 Read More
Interesting Articles Innovative Science Research in Canada Is Dying a Silent Death Maclean's | August 16, 2017 In March, Canada’s federal government announced its 2017 budget with no increase in funding for…sciencecityAugust 16, 2017 Read More
Local News Expanding the Cancer Toolkit to Tackle Acute Leukemia Terry Fox Research Institute | August 16, 2017 Treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), one of the most aggressive forms of leukemia, involves…sciencecityAugust 16, 2017 Read More
Local News How Genomic Sequencing Is Changing BC’s Health Care Policies UBC Faculty of Medicine | August 15, 2017 Each year in Canada, more than 15,500 people will be diagnosed with epilepsy – 55%…sciencecityAugust 15, 2017 Read More