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Test could predict whether breast cancer will spread to the brain
October 22, 2015The genetic predictor was revealed by an analysis of 4,000 breast cancer patients, co-led by UBC's Torsten Nielsen. Read More >

Reflections from Nepal
October 22, 2015UBC PhD student Emma Smith shares her experience of supporting the post-quake relief efforts in Nepal. Read More >

Residency conference draws hundreds of medical educators to Vancouver
October 20, 2015The International Conference on Residency Education will include talks by UBC faculty and staff. Read More >

Babies need free tongue movement to decipher speech sounds
October 19, 2015Researchers at UBC have found inhibiting infants’ tongue movements impedes their ability to distinguish between speech sounds. Read More >

Teaching quality improvement in residency education
October 16, 2015Roger Wong, Associate Dean of Postgraduate Medical Education, is the author of a new e-book on the potential for QI in residency training. Read More >

A dreaded disease shows potential as a cancer treatment
October 13, 2015Scientists at UBC and University of Copenhagen exploited a malarial protein's affinity for a type of sugar molecule found in most cancers. Read More >

UBC’s Ed Conway joins Canadian network on venous thromboembolism
October 7, 2015Dr. Conway, Director of UBC's Centre for Blood Research, will co-lead the network's translational/basic science platform. Read More >

Are exercise pills in our future?
October 5, 2015Not 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. Read More >

Sam Aparicio co-leads cancer “Dream Team”
October 2, 2015The team will test three candidate drugs for their effectiveness in halting or slowing cancer cell reproduction, and hope to identify biomarkers of drug activity. Read More >

Self-propelled coagulants can stop major blood loss
October 2, 2015The particles, developed in part by Assistant Professor Christian Kastrup, can swim "upstream" to the source of internal bleeding. Read More >