A dreaded disease shows potential as a cancer treatment
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
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
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
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?
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”
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
The particles, developed in part by Assistant Professor Christian Kastrup, can swim “upstream” to the source of internal bleeding.
Bruce McManus receives 2015 Howard Morgan Award
Bruce McManus, Professor in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine is the 2015 recipient of the Howard Morgan Award for Distinguished Achievements in Cardiovascular Research. Dr. McManus serves as Co-Director of the Institute for Heart + Lung Health, CEO for Centre of Excellence for Prevention of Organ Failure (PROOF Centre), and as Immediate-Past Director, […]
Four gut bacteria decrease risk of asthma
Most babies naturally acquire these four bacteria from their environments, but some do not due to the circumstances of their birth or other factors.
Aaron Wong earns 2015 Resident Teaching Award
Dr. Aaron Wong is a clinical instructor of dermatology and program co-director of UBC’s five-year Dermatology Residency Program, which sees doctors-in-training working alongside dermatologists and other physicians in teaching hospitals and subspecialty dermatology clinics around the province. This summer, Dr. Wong became one of only two recipients in the nation to earn the Canadian Dermatology […]