Putting Canada at the forefront of precision medicine
Sriram Subramaniam joins UBC as the Gobind Khorana Canada Excellence Research Chair in Precision Cancer Drug Design.
Oral immunotherapy safe for preschool-aged children with peanut allergies
New findings confirm in a real-world setting that treatment is safe and well-tolerated.
UBC attracts over $40M to host Networks of Centres of Excellence in nanomedicines
Led by Pieter Cullis, the NanoMedicines Innovation Network aims to develop nanomedicines that will deliver drugs more specifically to the sites of disease.
UBC resident leads team developing innovative tool to make breathing tube insertion easier
ASAP Suction awarded the Faculty of Medicine’s Catalyst Award for Interdisciplinary Collaboration at the 2019 Great Hatch healthcare innovation event.
New study first to identify an expanded section of DNA as cause of a rare genetic metabolic disorder
Researchers found an unusual genetic mutation behind three children’s undiagnosed, degenerative conditions.
Filtered diesel exhaust may worsen allergy-induced lung impairment more than unfiltered
Filtered air pollution from diesel engines could make allergy-induced lung impairment worse than exposure to unfiltered diesel exhaust.
Bursary smooths the path to a future in rural family medicine for UBC medical student
Cohord Mason, a third-year student in the Southern Medical Program, plans to one day set up a family medicine practice in BC’s Interior.
Southern Medical Program student finds new guideline decreases breast cancer re-operation rates
Study compares re-operation rates for breast cancer patients before and after a new surgical guideline was introduced five years ago.
First-of-its-kind imaging facility to accelerate brain research at UBC
The Charles E. Fipke Integrated Neuroimaging Suite is unique, with its PET-MRI machine dedicated solely to brain-related research.
Psychedelics: A new frontier in addiction medicine
The philanthropic community steps up to fill a funding gap in psychedelic-assisted therapy for treating opioid and other substance use disorders.