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…reach British Columbians (ultimate research beneficiaries). Team members: Jasica Grewal (United Way of BC); Tobias Jones (United Way of BC); Yeeun Archer Lee (UBC); Julia Nakamura (UBC); Rachel Hamilton (UBC)….
Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to devastating muscle paralysis. My research has shown that paralysis is due, not only to interruption of communication across the damaged spinal cord, but also…
…side effects. The experiments will be performed by an experienced research associate, Dr. Mingwan Su, and a graduate student. My lab is located in Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, which…
…body lose the capacity to regenerate their processes (axons) as they mature during development. Despite decades of progress, no regenerative therapy for the injured spinal cord is available today, making…
Our brain contains a ‘cognitive map’ of the external world that helps us navigate, and encode/retrieve memories. Dementias such as Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) degenerate these regions, causing well-known memory impairments…
…myeloma (MM) is an incurable disease whose progression depends especially on acquiring genetic modification, and indeed APOBEC3-mediated mutations have been shown to correlate with worst clinical outcomes. Beyond this association,…
…pass deadly diseases to us as a consequence. It is well studied that mosquitoes rely on their sense of smell to find us. Yet, what tiggers them to bite us…
…and weight gain. It is possible, then, that the increased insulin level seen when becoming physically inactive causes insulin resistance and weight gain, increasing the risk of obesity and type…
…aside from symptom alleviation, making it a high priority in medical research. Despite years of research, no AD treatments have been discovered since most studies have used tissue replicas (or…
In Canada, many babies are born early, at less than full term of pregnancy (40 weeks). Some of them, about 900 a year including 80-95 here in BC, are born…