Interesting Articles Canadian Technology and Innovation: Making Strides in the Global Cell Therapy Landscape Biotechnology Focus | August 24, 2018 Cell therapies are integral to regenerative medicine: a swiftly advancing sector bearing the long-standing promise…sciencecityAugust 24, 2018 Read More
Local News Gut Bacteria Could Provide Key to Making ‘Universal’ Blood Type CTV News | August 24, 2018 Canadian researchers say they may have identified substances from the human gut that could turn…sciencecityAugust 24, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Three MSL Postdocs Receive MSFHR 2018 Research Trainee Awards Michael Smith Laboratories | August 23, 2018 Congratulations to three deserving postdocs, Drs. San-Soo Han, James McCoy, and Samrat Thouta of the Michael Smith Laboratories for…sciencecityAugust 23, 2018 Read More
Local News Genetic Model Offers Elegant Tool for Testing Parkinson’s Disease Therapies Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | August 23, 2018 For the past decade, Parkinson’s disease researchers have relied on the experimental equivalent of using…sciencecityAugust 23, 2018 Read More
Local News Is a New Drug Keeping this Woman’s Deadly Huntington Disease at Bay? Science | August 23, 2018 The dark shadow of Huntington disease fell squarely over Michelle Dardengo’s life on the day in…sciencecityAugust 23, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Stem Cell Bioengineering: Building from Stem Cell Biology Tewary, M., et al. | August 22, 2018 New fundamental discoveries in stem cell biology have yielded potentially transformative regenerative therapeutics. However, widespread…sciencecityAugust 22, 2018 Read More
Local News BC Centre for Excellence Names Dr. Zabrina Brumme Director of Laboratory Program BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | August 22, 2018 The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) announced Dr. Zabrina Brumme has been appointed…sciencecityAugust 22, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Connie Eaves to Present the 2018 American Society of Hematology E. Donnall Thomas Lecture American Society of Hematology | August 21, 2018 The American Society of Hematology (ASH) will honor Connie J. Eaves, PhD, FRS (Canada), Corresponding…sciencecityAugust 21, 2018 Read More
Interesting Articles Canadian Farmers, Entrepreneurs, and Health Care Workers to Benefit from New Investment in Research Mitacs | August 20, 2018 Putting research in the hands of those who use it to create and innovate leads…sciencecityAugust 20, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week A Stochastic Assembly Model for Nipah Virus Revealed by Super-Resolution Microscopy Liu, Q., et al. | August 20, 2018 Understanding the virus-host interactions using super-resolution microscopy, and applying the knowledge to vaccine and drug…sciencecityAugust 20, 2018 Read More