Publications of the Week C-Terminal Truncation of IFN-γ Inhibits Proinflammatory Macrophage Responses and Is Deficient in Autoimmune Disease Dufour, A. and Overall, C.M., et al. | July 6, 2018 IFNγ stimulates differentiation to pro-inflammatory (M1, classically-activated) macrophages. In this publication, we demonstrate that proteolytic…sciencecityJuly 6, 2018 Read More
Local News HPV Test More Effective Than Pap Smear in Cancer Screening, Study Suggests CNN | July 6, 2018 Cervical cancer is among the easiest gynecologic cancers to prevent, and two screening tests can help…sciencecityJuly 6, 2018 Read More
Local News This Partnership Between BC Cancer and Microsoft Could Change the Future of Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Daily Hive Vancouver | July 5, 2018 Cancer is one of the biggest health crises of our generation – statistics now indicate…sciencecityJuly 5, 2018 Read More
Local News Meet the Researcher: Dr. Ed Pryzdial Centre for Blood Research | July 5, 2018 Prof. Ed Pryzdial was one of the first people that I met when I joined…sciencecityJuly 5, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Awards Support Innovative Research Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | July 5, 2018 Future health care needs require visionary approaches to tackle the challenges confronting patients and their…sciencecityJuly 5, 2018 Read More
Spotlight Cody Lo Talks Research, Medicine, and Science Communications Science in the City | July 4, 2018 Cody Lo is a first year medical student at the University of British Columbia working…sciencecityJuly 4, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week miR-143/145 Differentially Regulate Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Activity Through Suppression of Canonical TGFβ Signaling Lam, J. and Karsan, A., et al. | July 4, 2018 In this publication we explore how two miRNAs that are always deleted in a type…sciencecityJuly 4, 2018 Read More
Local News New Research Aims to Better Visualize Breast Cancer in Real Time BC Cancer | July 3, 2018 Treatment includes surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, targeted therapy or hormonal therapy, likely a combination depending on…sciencecityJuly 3, 2018 Read More
Local News MSFHR Funding Offers Opportunity to Expand Scope of MRI Potential Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | July 3, 2018 In 2011, when Dr. Shannon Kolind was splitting her time as a postdoctoral fellow between Oxford University…sciencecityJuly 3, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week A Presenilin-1 Mutation Causes Alzheimer Disease Without Affecting Notch Signaling Zhang, S. and Song, W., et al. | July 2, 2018 Presenilin-1 (PSEN1) is the catalytic subunit of the γ-secretase complex, and pathogenic mutations in the…sciencecityJuly 2, 2018 Read More