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In Canada, over 2 million people suffer from COPD, costing over $1.5 billion per year in direct expenditures. However, no existing therapy can reverse COPD’s disease progress. Alveolar macrophages (AMs)…
…new tools. Team members: Monika Naus (BC Centre for Disease Control); Gabrielle Gaultier (UBC); Julie Bettinger (UBC); Bonnie Henry (Ministry of Health); Susan Hollenberg (UBC); Bryce Wong (BC Pharmacy Association)….
Up to 73% of people who are able to walk post-stroke suffer a fall, commonly within the first few months after discharge home. Optimizing the approach to rehabilitation of walking…
…it does happen, stop seniors from getting hurt? Dr. Vicki Komisar, assistant professor at the School of Engineering with the University of British Columbia Okanagan campus, has delved into these…
…it — more than colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined. Patients amenable to surgery have the best prospect of cure, but often cancer returns and is lethal. Only 5 percent…
…that can then help guide personalized patient care; and 3) investigate the molecular mechanisms of this brain injury. This work will be foundational to the development of new therapies to…
…State Responses (ASSRs), objective measures of response to sound stimuli in the areas of the brain involved in hearing. Past research on ASSRs, which test multiple frequencies in both ears…
…to have a positive impact on bone density. The behaviours include increasing calcium and vitamin D intake, participating in physical exercise, and taking medications to prevent and treat osteoporosis. Elaine…
…between facial expressions and stress by giving participants a test of social anxiety. During the videotaped test, David compares changes in heart rate with specific facial movements to determine if…
A serious, chronic condition facing 28 per cent of women who have received treatment for breast cancer is breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL)—a painful swelling of the hand or arm. Typically…