Local News The Answer to Asthma May Be in Dirty DiapersThe Vancouver Sun | February 1, 2018Childhood asthma has been rising for decades and local researchers think the answer to why…sciencecityFebruary 1, 2018 Read More
Local News UBC Medicine Receives 40% of National Genomics FundingUBC Faculty of Medicine | January 31, 2018Genomics-based research projects that is led or co-led by members of the Faculty of Medicine…sciencecityJanuary 31, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Significant Brain Research Funding for DMCBH Member ProjectsDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | January 31, 2018Canadian Insitutes of Health Research (CIIHR) Project Grants support research projects with a defined endpoint, allowing…sciencecityJanuary 31, 2018 Read More
AwardsMonthly Award Summaries January 2018 Award WinnersScience in the City | January 31, 2018Dr. Alex Wyatt of the Vancouver Prostate Centre is one of many researchers to have…sciencecityJanuary 31, 2018 Read More
Local News $9.7 Million Awarded to Kidney Transplantation ResearchVancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | January 30, 2018Genome Canada has awarded $9.7 million to a project co-led by researchers at Vancouver Coastal…sciencecityJanuary 30, 2018 Read More
Local News Skin Substitute Provides the Building Blocks for Wound RepairVancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | January 30, 2018A new product developed in BC by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) scientist Dr.…sciencecityJanuary 30, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Good Bug, Bad Bug: Breaking Through Microbial StereotypesCirstea, M. and Finlay, B.B., et al. | January 29, 2018Our expanding knowledge of microbial mechanisms is challenging the notion of “good” versus “bad” microbes…sciencecityJanuary 29, 2018 Read More
Local News Canadian Patients to Benefit From Major Investment in Genomics and Precision Health ResearchGenome BC | January 29, 2018Precision health promises to transform the way Canadians receive medical care. In the near future,…sciencecityJanuary 29, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards VPC Investigators Receive Six CIHR Fall 2017 Project GrantsVancouver Prostate Centre | January 29, 2018Vancouver Prostate Centre investigators were highly successful, receiving 6 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)…sciencecityJanuary 29, 2018 Read More
Local News Discovery of a Promising New Medication to Block ‘Master Key’ of Cancer GrowthVancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | January 26, 2018For years, researchers have investigated approaches to prevent cancer-causing cells from multiplying in the body.…sciencecityJanuary 26, 2018 Read More