Using sound and bubbles to make bandages stickier and longer lasting
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
Findings show pregnant people experience fewer health event post-vaccination than non-pregnant people.
You fainted. Are you OK to drive?
New UBC research suggests patients who fainted do not have an increased crash risk.
Dr. Nadine Caron awarded Order of B.C. for 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
UBC researchers led the first national-level genomic analysis of COVID-19 epidemiology in Canada.
Remembering Dr. Bruce Fleming
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
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
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
Project topics include the overdose and COVID-19 crises and COPD.
Even low levels of air pollution contribute to increased health risk
A UBC-led study identified risk of mortality at pollution levels below many national standards.