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Faculty member receives grant from Novo Nordisk to study potential cause of obesity
January 8, 2012James Johnson, Associate Professor in the Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, has won a $625,000 grant from Novo Nordisk to pursue research that could upend conventional notions about the interplay between insulin, obesity and diabetes. Insulin is the hormone that enables glucose to be stored by muscle and fat cells, but there is still […] Read More >

UBC Southern Medical Program’s inaugural class begins studies
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