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…health services, some are at a special disadvantage due to unfamiliarity or lack of comfort with our current system. Aboriginal-Canadians, who have historically had difficulties with access to the health…
…the best outcome. A computer model of a patient’s face must take into account the complex properties of facial skin, such as the variability of stretch depending on direction. This…
…‘a companion along a path’ in Panjabi and Hindi. The principal investigator leading the project is Dr. Nitasha Puri, an addiction medicine physician and medical lead at the Roshni Clinic…
Stem cells are defined by their unique capabilities to either replicate (self-renew) or differentiate into more specialized cell types such as nerve cells (neurons), immune cells and skin cells. If…
…dendritic cell. Dendritic cells (DCs) circulate in the body in an “”immature”” form. When they encounter anything foreign (for example, bacteria or viruses), they become “”activated,”” capture the invader, and…
In 1997, congestive or chronic heart failure (CHF) was the primary cause of death in British Columbia and in 2000, it was the most common cause of hospitalization for Canadians…
…to serious liver, kidney, muscle and nerve problems and reducing the length of time patients are able to tolerate the treatment. Dr. Hélène Côté and colleagues at the BC Centre…
…MBChB, DipObst, DPhil University of British Columbia Members: J. Mark Ansermino, MBBCh, FFA BC Children’s Hospital Collin Barker, MD, FRCPC University of British Columbia Jill Hoube, MD University of British…
…Alzheimer’s disease, further work is needed to improve this test. The goal of Dr. Singh’s research program is to develop a test that can identify dementia with Lewy bodies and…
…affecting the same organ, are biologically different, which can impact their response to treatment. Tumour subtyping, a method by which scientists identify the unique characteristics of individual tumours, is critical…