Publications of the Week The Histone Methyltransferase EZH2 Is a Therapeutic Target in Small Cell Carcinoma of the Ovary, Hypercalcemic Type Wang, Y. and Huntsman, D.G., et al. | May 15, 2017 Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT) is a rare but extremely lethal…sciencecityMay 15, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Stat3 Regulates Centrosome Clustering in Cancer Cells via Stathmin/PLK1 Morris, E.J. and Dedhar, S., et al. | May 15, 2017 Cancer cells have been observed to frequently have amplified centrosomes. These amplified centrosomes must be…sciencecityMay 15, 2017 Read More
Local News To Crack the Vaccine Code, UBC Assembles Its Own “Ocean’s Thirteen” UBC Faculty of Medicine | May 15, 2017 Vaccines have rightly come to be regarded as one of modern medicine’s greatest accomplishments, having…sciencecityMay 15, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Innovative Researcher Honoured as Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors Michael Smith Laboratories | May 12, 2017 Dr. Terrance (Terry) Snutch was recently inducted as a Fellow in the National Academy of…sciencecityMay 12, 2017 Read More
Local News CDRD Appoints Matthew J. Carlyle Chief Financial Officer The CDRD | May 12, 2017 The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), Canada’s national drug development and commercialization engine…sciencecityMay 12, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Reappraisal of TDP-43 Pathology in FTLD-U Subtypes Mackenzie, I.R., et al. | May 12, 2017 Frontotemporal lobar degeneration with tau-negative, ubiquitin-immunoreactive (-ir) pathology (FTLD-U) is subclassified based on the type…sciencecityMay 12, 2017 Read More
Local News Combatting Resistant Strains of Hep C Virus Could Improve Effectiveness of Therapy Genome BC | May 11, 2017 Nearly 1 in 150 Canadians are infected with Hepatitis C (HCV). British Columbia has an…sciencecityMay 11, 2017 Read More
Spotlight Austin Wang Talks Microbial Fuel Cells and Winning the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Science in the City | May 10, 2017 An avid science enthusiast, Austin Wang began working in the laboratories of Dr. William Mohn,…sciencecityMay 10, 2017 Read More
Local News Organ Printing Holds Promise for Better Healthcare, Cheaper Drugs UBC News | May 9, 2017 This week, global experts will gather at the University of British Columbia to discuss the…sciencecityMay 9, 2017 Read More
Local News PureTech Health Announces Licensing Agreement between Commense and the University of British Columbia for Microbiome-Derived Therapy Business Wire | May 9, 2017 PureTech Health plc (“PureTech Health” or the “Company”, LSE:PRTC), an advanced, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, is…sciencecityMay 9, 2017 Read More