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Peanut allergy treatment significantly lowers risk of life-threatening reactions in preschoolers
December 3, 2020After one year of treatment, nearly 80 per cent of study participants could eat 15 peanuts without a reaction Read More >

B.C. youth help guide mental health research at UBC
December 3, 2020New UBC initiative engages youth with lived experience to help inform mental health and substance use research. Read More >

Researchers testing children across B.C. for COVID-19 antibodies
December 1, 2020A new research project is examining the role babies, children, teens and young adults play in transmission of the novel coronavirus. Read More >

Addressing Indigenous-specific systemic racism in B.C.’s health-care system
November 30, 2020A message from Dermot Kelleher, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health, UBC Read More >

Bringing COVID-19 safety measures into B.C.’s Sikh temples
November 30, 2020UBC medical student Sukhmeet Sachal is delivering public health information to help protect the Sikh community. Read More >

UBC-Providence scientists join forces with WestJet and YVR for COVID-19 Testing Study
November 27, 2020Drs. Don Sin and Marc Romney are lending their research expertise and diagnostic know-how to support the WestJet-YVR COVID-19 Testing Study. Read More >

Voicing the Silent Genomes: New documentary features UBC’s Dr. Nadine Caron
November 27, 2020The Silent Genomes Project is the subject of a new independent mini documentary. Read More >

Five members from UBC’s faculty of medicine appointed to the Order of Canada
November 27, 2020Drs. B. Lynn Beattie, Joseph Connors, Carol Herbert, Robert Krell and Roger Wong are among appointees being recognized for their extraordinary contributions to the nation. Read More >

New treatment strategy could overcome drug resistance in pancreatic cancer
November 25, 2020The finding offers new hope for patients with the most common type of pancreatic cancer. Read More >

A procedure, not medication, may be a more effective first-line of treatment for common heart rhythm problem
November 24, 2020New UBC research may have significant implications for how atrial fibrillation is treated. Read More >