Genetic discovery helps newborns beat a life-threatening condition
Clara van Karnebeek discovered a previously unknown cause of excess ammonia in the blood, enabling the condition to be diagnosed — and treated.
How exercise can boost brain power
UBC Prof. Teresa Liu-Ambrose on how physical activity benefits cognitive function.
Three staff members participate in UBC’s Leave for Change
Tamiza Abji Patricia Gray Ravina Johal Three staff members in the Faculty of Medicine – Tamiza Abji, Patricia Gray and Ravina Johal – were among the six people selected by UBC to participate in Leave for Change this year. The participants work in developing countries for two to four weeks to share their knowledge and skills […]
Six faculty members recognized for research excellence
Six faculty members have received 2013 UBC Faculty Research Awards from the Office of the Vice President Research and International. Faculty researchers are nominated by their peers. Winners are selected by UBC’s Faculty Research Award Committee, which spans arts and humanities, business, education, applied science, science, and medicine. The reception will be held Tuesday, March […]
Air pollution and asthma
Michael Brauer, a Professor in the School of Population and Public Health, on the link between air pollution, genes and asthma.
A more authentic cancer model
Yuzhuo Wang and Colin Collins have grown the world’s first early-stage human prostate cancer in mice.
U.S. home births found to have low intervention and mortality rates
The study, overseen by UBC’s Saraswathi Vedam, is the largest-ever survey of home births in the U.S.
A potential treatment for a rare blood cancer
A non-toxic drug called ATA restored the resistance of red blood cells in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinemia.
Can waking up to a ‘summer dawn’ cure the winter blues?
Psychiatry Professor Raymond Lam describes the potential of dawn simulation in a new health column in the Globe and Mail.