Research
UBC develops test to ensure effectiveness of new Hep C drug
By bkladko | July 29, 2014
Associate Professor Richard Harrigan is leading the effort to screen for a drug-resistant form of the disease.
Early HIV infection often eludes clinical diagnosis
By bkladko | July 15, 2014
In an article published in JAMA, lead author Evan Wood and collaborators found that physicians struggle to recognize early HIV infection through clinical exams alone.
Stand up for hip health research
By bkladko | July 2, 2014
With the newly-acquired Upright Open MRI, UBC researchers will be able to see joints in action — an impossible task with conventional scanners that require patients to lie still.
Nine faculty members among “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds”
By bkladko | June 23, 2014
Nine members of the UBC Faculty of Medicine have been included in “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds,” a list of 3,200 researchers in 21 fields compiled by Thomson Reuters. The list is comprised of scientists whose number of citations were in the top 1 per cent in their field in the year of publication. According to an […]
A faster way to measure a patient’s breathing rate
By bkladko | June 18, 2014
The mobile phone app developed by UBC researchers can calculate the rate in 10 seconds — compared to one minute using the standard “stopwatch” method.
Therapeutics Initiative highlights potential harms from statins
By bkladko | May 28, 2014
As use of the cholesterol-lowering drugs surges, the UBC group warns that side effects may outweigh the potential benefit for many people.
Discoverer of immune cell receptor wins UBC cancer prize
By bkladko | May 28, 2014
Tak Wah Mak, of the University of Toronto, will receive the inaugural Dr. Chew Wei Memorial Prize in Cancer Research.
‘Sticky synapses’ can impair new memories by holding on to old ones
By dcc2012 | May 26, 2014
UBC researchers have discovered that so-called ‘sticky synapses’ in the brain can impair new learning by excessively hard-wiring old memories and inhibiting our ability to adapt to our changing environment.
Denise Pugash, Mari DeMarco recognized for women’s health research
By dcc2012 | May 22, 2014
Denise Pugash, a Clinical Professor in the Department of Radiology, and Mari DeMarco, a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, received 2014 Nelly Auersperg Awards from the Women’s Health Research Institute. The Nelly Auersperg Award in Women’s Health Research was established in 2000 by donors who have known Dr. Auersperg […]
UBC scientists find new way to mobilize immune system against viruses
By dcc2012 | May 12, 2014
UBC scientists have uncovered an intricate chain reaction in the body’s immune system and have used the new knowledge to develop an effective treatment against harmful viruses such as the coronavirus that caused the deadly SARS outbreak in 2002.