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Clarissa Wallace appointed Assistant Dean, Vancouver Fraser
By jwong | October 29, 2015
Dr. Wallace, a clinical endocrinologist in New Westminster, begins her three-year term this month.
Opioid overdoses linked to higher prescription rates in B.C.
By bkladko | October 28, 2015
UBC researchers found that areas with the most opiod overdoses also had the highest volumes of prescription opioid purchases.
Test could predict whether breast cancer will spread to the brain
By bkladko | October 22, 2015
The genetic predictor was revealed by an analysis of 4,000 breast cancer patients, co-led by UBC’s Torsten Nielsen.
A dreaded disease shows potential as a cancer treatment
By bkladko | October 13, 2015
Scientists at UBC and University of Copenhagen exploited a malarial protein’s affinity for a type of sugar molecule found in most cancers.
Celebrating excellence
By bkladko | October 9, 2015
Professor Emeritus David Schiefele was among the 37 faculty members and staff honoured at the Faculty of Medicine’s annual awards reception.
UBC’s Ed Conway joins Canadian network on venous thromboembolism
By bkladko | October 7, 2015
Dr. Conway, Director of UBC’s Centre for Blood Research, will co-lead the network’s translational/basic science platform.
Oscar Casiro wins distinguished service award from Medical Council of Canada
By bkladko | October 5, 2015
Oscar Casiro, the former Regional Associate Dean, Vancouver Island, has been awarded the Dr. Louis Levasseur Distinguished Service Award from the Medical Council of Canada (MCC). Dr. Casiro served a one-year term as President of the MCC, which conducts over 12,000 assessments of medical students and graduates every year through its three examinations across Canada, and […]
Are exercise pills in our future?
By bkladko | October 5, 2015
Not anytime soon, says Professor Ismail Laher. But he believes a pill could help people with mobility issues or gym rats who want to reach their goals faster.
Sam Aparicio co-leads cancer “Dream Team”
By bkladko | October 2, 2015
The team will test three candidate drugs for their effectiveness in halting or slowing cancer cell reproduction, and hope to identify biomarkers of drug activity.
Self-propelled coagulants can stop major blood loss
By bkladko | October 2, 2015
The particles, developed in part by Assistant Professor Christian Kastrup, can swim “upstream” to the source of internal bleeding.