UBC and Vancouver Coastal Health open new medical research centre
A new research facility opened today for scientists at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health, providing the space and equipment to study treatments and possible cures for...
View ArticleFederal and provincial ministers break ground for UBC-VCH brain health centre
Representatives of the federal and provincial governments today marked the start of construction of a new centre at the University of British Columbia that will unite brain research and patient care....
View ArticleSpinal cord researchers to benefit from $20 M investment from Rick Hansen...
Spinal cord injury research at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health will be accelerated by a 10-year, $20 million contribution from the Rick Hansen Foundation. The...
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Definitive imaging study finds no link between venous narrowing and multiple...
Dr. Anthony Traboulsee of the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health A study led by Dr. Anthony Traboulsee of the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health to...
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Disputed asthma therapy has safe record in B.C.: UBC-VCH study
A popular combination therapy that includes inhaled corticosteroids has been deemed safe by researchers. A popular combination asthma therapy dogged by safety concerns has not harmed British...
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UBC-VCH scientists use drug to repair a rare birth defect
UBC and VCH scientists, including Cheryl Gregory-Evans, have developed a drug that appears to restore normal vision in mice afflicted with aniridia. University of British Columbia and Vancouver...
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Using progesterone for hot flashes shown safe for women’s cardiovascular health
Recent findings demonstrate that “progesterone’s risks have been overblown,” says UBC’s Jerilynn C. Prior. Treatment with progesterone, a naturally occurring hormone that has been shown to alleviate...
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Canada’s largest integrated brain centre officially opens
Located directly in front of UBC Hospital, the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health will bring together experts in in neuroscience, psychiatry and neurology. Photo: Don Erhardt. The Djavad...
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Scientists pinpoint brain-swelling mechanism
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health. Photo: Don Erhardt Discovery paves way for treatments to prevent brain damage or death following head trauma A team of UBC researchers has made a...
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Destructive disease shows potential as a cancer treatment
Scientists at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Coastal Health and the BC Cancer Agency have discovered a protein from malaria that could one day help stop cancer in its tracks. This new...
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UBC-Vancouver Coastal Health scientists find genetic cause of multiple sclerosis
The family trees of the two families that had the MS-causing mutation. “M” denotes individuals with the mutation. Black circles denote individuals with MS and the age of disease onset. Gray...
View ArticlePotential new diabetes treatment being tested in Vancouver
Note to news media: The researchers and a research participant will be available for interviews Tuesday, Jan. 16, from noon to 1 pm at the Diamond Health Care Centre, Vancouver General Hospital, 2775...
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Uncontrolled asthma could cost U.S. economy more than $963 billion in the...
The medical costs of uncontrolled asthma, combined with productivity losses due to sick days, could cost the U.S. economy more than $963 billion over the next 20 years, finds a new study led by...
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Researchers launch study into COVID-19 vaccine uptake and efficacy in...
British Columbia is in the midst of two public health emergencies. While the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues across the province and country, fatal drug poisonings have been on the rise. Researchers...
View ArticleStem cell-based treatment produces insulin in patients with Type 1 diabetes
In the first study of its kind, a team of researchers at the University of British Columbia’s faculty of medicine and Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has helped to demonstrate that a stem cell-based...
View ArticleB.C. researchers launching clinical trial for first genetically engineered...
Researchers from the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) have received $1 million from Canada’s Stem Cell Network to conduct research and a clinical trial for one of the...
View ArticleUBC experts on mental health care
On Tuesday, Feb. 14, Vancouver City Council will vote on a motion to give Vancouver Coastal Health $2.8 million to hire 58 mental health workers as part of expanded crisis response. UBC experts are...
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