A quicker treatment for persistent depression?
A 3-minute session of theta bursts was just as effective as a 37-minute session of standard high-frequency brain stimulation.
Look! Down in the petri dish! It’s a Superplatelet!
UBC scientists have endowed platelets with extra powers so they can rise to the occasion in the face of trauma and continue the coagulation process.
Fentanyl overdose survivors require little if any hospital treatment
UBC created the first-ever hospital protocol for handling fentanyl overdoses.
A new home for UBC sports medicine and exercise science
The Chan Gunn Pavilion will house physicians and physical therapists who treat up to 3,500 patients a month.
Women more likely to be living kidney donors in U.S.
The decline in donations from men was most marked from lower income groups.
Living in sunnier climes could reduce risk of MS
Professor Helen Tremlett, in the Division of Neurology, examined sun exposure over the lifespan.
UBC expands research into healthy aging with $24 million gift
The donation from Edwin S.H. Leong is the largest gift that the Faculty of Medicine has ever received from an individual.
UBC leads Canadian pancreatic cancer research initiative
The $5 million project will sequence metastatic pancreatic tumours of 400 patients, looking to see if the primary cancers genetically differ from metastatic cancers.
Strict eating schedule can lower Huntington disease protein in mice
By limiting eating to a certain period each day, Faculty of Medicine scientists stimulated the cellular process of cleaning out debris and recycling proteins.
An under-the-radar immune cell shows potential in fight against cancer
ILC2 cells were discovered as a major player in asthma. Wilf Jefferies found they may also stop cancer from metastasizing.