Interesting Articles Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping the Health and Life Sciences Industry Biotechnology Focus | July 26, 2018 Machine learning is augmenting human ability and drastically changing possibilities. It is restructuring businesses and…sciencecityJuly 26, 2018 Read More
Local News MSFHR-Funded Research Identifies Enzyme Potentially Responsible For Skin Blistering Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research | July 26, 2018 Blisters develop when layers of skin separate and fill with fluid as a result of…sciencecityJuly 26, 2018 Read More
Local News New UBC Professorship to Look at Pot’s Potential in Easing the Opioid Crisis The Tyee | July 26, 2018 UBC is creating Canada’s first professorship of cannabis science to investigate the role that marijuana-based…sciencecityJuly 26, 2018 Read More
Local News A day in the Lab: Biobanking Resources Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | July 25, 2018 One of the many services offered by the Clinical Research Unit (CRU) at Vancouver Coastal Health Research…sciencecityJuly 25, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Pharmacogenomics of Vincristine-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy Implicates Pharmacokinetic and Inherited Neuropathy Genes Wright, G.E.B. and Ross, C.J.D., et al. | July 25, 2018 Survival rates for pediatric cancer patients have improved dramatically in recent years, increasing to over…sciencecityJuly 25, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards CIHR Funding for Brain Health, Neuroplasticity Research Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | July 25, 2018 For the brain to function, signals need to pass between neurons in order to control…sciencecityJuly 25, 2018 Read More
Local News Could a Deadly Mushroom Help Battle Cancer? Medium | July 25, 2018 Infamous. That might be the best description for Amanita phalloides. The highly toxic mushroom has been…sciencecityJuly 25, 2018 Read More
Local News Genetic Marker for Drug Risk in Multiple Sclerosis Offers Path toward Precision Medicine Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | July 24, 2018 A team of researchers has uncovered a specific gene variant associated with an adverse drug…sciencecityJuly 24, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards The Government Of Canada Announces Grant Funding To Dr. Xin Li And Dr. Jim Kronstad Michael Smith Laboratories | July 24, 2018 Undergraduates, graduates, and post-doctoral fellows looking to build their knowledge and global perspective in the…sciencecityJuly 24, 2018 Read More
Local News A Protein That Helps Prevent Diabetes Could Be a Target for Future Treatments BC Children's Hospital Research Institute | July 24, 2018 In Dr. Francis Lynn’s lab, part of the Canucks for Kids Fund Childhood Diabetes Laboratories at…sciencecityJuly 24, 2018 Read More