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Using sound and bubbles to make bandages stickier and longer lasting
By Digital Comms | August 12, 2022
The stickiness of medical adhesives can be controlled by ultrasound with applications across medical fields.
New study further demonstrates COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are safe during pregnancy
By Digital Comms | August 11, 2022
Findings show pregnant people experience fewer health event post-vaccination than non-pregnant people.
You fainted. Are you OK to drive?
By Digital Comms | August 3, 2022
New UBC research suggests patients who fainted do not have an increased crash risk.
Dr. Nadine Caron awarded Order of B.C. for 2022
By Digital Comms | August 2, 2022
Dr. Caron is a member of the Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation and a surgical oncologist in northern B.C.
Travel restrictions significantly reduced COVID-19 cases entering Canada — but insufficient to prevent new outbreaks
By Digital Comms | August 2, 2022
UBC researchers led the first national-level genomic analysis of COVID-19 epidemiology in Canada.
Remembering Dr. Bruce Fleming
By Digital Comms | July 28, 2022
A gifted emergency physician, Dr. Fleming contributed significantly to the UBC Faculty of Medicine as a teacher, mentor, colleague and academic leader.
UBC researchers part of international collaboration to develop treatments for osteosarcoma
By Digital Comms | July 22, 2022
The team developed new tools to understand how the cancerous cells spread and survive throughout the body.
With just a tablespoon of blood, B.C. researchers aim to transform cancer treatment
By Digital Comms | July 20, 2022
The researchers have developed a new blood test that sequences the genome of tumour DNA in the blood, opening up new possibilities for personalized medicine.
Faculty of medicine researchers awarded more than $36m through CIHR project grants
By Digital Comms | July 19, 2022
Project topics include the overdose and COVID-19 crises and COPD.
Even low levels of air pollution contribute to increased health risk
By Digital Comms | July 14, 2022
A UBC-led study identified risk of mortality at pollution levels below many national standards.