UBC is playing a key role in understanding and preventing chronic diseases like diabetes and arthritis. With a commitment to evidence-based practice, our researchers are generating new knowledge that is reshaping how we treat and manage complex diseases.
Spotlight
Too many Canadians live with multiple chronic conditions
Greater efforts to improve lifestyle identified as a solution.
UBC study holds promise for novel and safe treatment for Type 2 diabetes
Reducing a protein in the fat cells of mice not only prevents onset of Type 2 diabetes but also appears to reverse the disease.
Kids with harder to manage diabetes improve the most from insulin pumps
New research led by Brenden Hursh suggests clinicians may need to rethink which children are offered this treatment.
Jacquelyn Cragg receives L’Oréal-UNESCO award for women in science
Dr. Cragg, a neuro-epidemiologist, is only the third Canadian to ever win this prestigious award.
New protein “switch” could be key to controlling blood-poisoning and preventing death
The discovery opens up the potential for new treatments for chronic and acute inflammatory diseases, as well as auto-immune diseases.
Scientists grow perfect human blood vessels in a petri dish
Breakthrough technology advances research of vascular diseases like diabetes.
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 Medicine receives 40% of national genomics funding
The 10 projects, totaling $101 million, include an effort to reduce the risk of kidney transplant rejection.
Potential new diabetes treatment gets tryout in Vancouver
Type 1 diabetes patients are being implanted with packets of pancreatic cells derived from stem cells, with the goal of restoring their insulin production.
UBC contributes to international hunt for asthma genes
Denise Daley led the Canadian arm of the study, which found five new genes associated with the condition.