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The right drug, at the right dose, to the right patient, at the right ...

 Children should have a future, not cancer. But, just before her first birthday, Rory was fighting for her future. Born with a teratoma, a type of tumour in the germ cells, s...

April 12, 2019
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Protecting against invasive pests and pathogens...

Genome BC invests in genomics research across key economic sectors helping secure healthy markets for BC’s industry to thrive. Environmental protection is part and parcel to this...

April 08, 2019
sector_ico_Health_trans Health sector_ico_GenomicsSociety_trans Genomics and Society
Reducing health care disparities for Indigenous children with genetic ...

First Nations, Inuit and Metis populations, collectively known as the Indigenous Peoples of Canada, face similar health challenges with global Indigenous Peoples. Inequities includ...

March 05, 2019
sector_ico_Health_trans Health
Illuminating Hereditary Cancers...

Understanding hereditary cancer is the difference between life and death for Chiquita Hessels. In 2011, just ten months after her mother’s death from breast cancer, and one m...

January 22, 2019
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Exposure to life sciences provides a life changing experience...

Evelyn Sun was only a grade nine student at J.N. Burnett High School in Richmond, BC when she experienced the wonder of science in a way that fundamentally altered her career path ...

September 26, 2018
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Climate change impacting freshwater fish populations...

Climate change is posing a severe challenge to freshwater fish in Canada. Already record high temperatures in rivers and streams during the summer have forced temporary closures of...

October 12, 2017
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Healthy Future Forests...

University of British Columbia researchers and British Columbia’s government are joining forces to protect and enhance one of the province’s most iconic symbols and valuable re...

October 10, 2017
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Boreal Genomics...

In 2002, a Technology Development platform funded by Genome BC and Genome Canada was created in BC to provide engineering support to the local life sciences research community alon...

October 07, 2017
sector_ico_Agrifood_trans Agrifood
Uncorking the Secrets of the Chardonnay Genome: making BC’s wine...

The grape growing and winemaking sector is a significant contributor to the BC economy. The number of wineries in BC has increased steadily and correspondingly so has output and ec...

October 07, 2017
sector_ico_Fisheries_trans Fisheries/Aquaculture
Salmon Health...

The final report of the Cohen Commission Inquiry into the Decline of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon highlighted uncertainty around pathogens and disease. In this report, Justice Bruce...

October 07, 2017
sector_ico_Forestry_trans Forestry
Tomorrow’s Trees...

Climate change is threatening the health of Canada’s forests, but revolutionary genomics research will give foresters a way to push back. The forestry industry contributed mor...

October 07, 2017
sector_ico_Forestry_trans Forestry
Fighting back and making an impact...

Invasive species pose a significant threat to Canadian forests, tree farms and nurseries. The evidence is all around us - blighted leaves, spotted needles, bare branches, cankered ...

October 07, 2017
sector_ico_Health_trans Health sector_ico_GenomicsSociety_trans Genomics and Society
Sharing and Caring...

Big Data is a powerful tool for health researchers, but ethical, legal and technical questions must be considered before genomic information is shared. [caption id="attachment_265...

October 07, 2017
sector_ico_Health_trans Health
Tailoring treatment for children like Taylor...

Taylor Date's recovery from a childhood brain tumour is a story of heroic parenting. When Taylor Date was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a malignant cancer tumour in the brain, at...

October 07, 2017
sector_ico_Health_trans Health
Stopping Strokes...

A quick test would help physicians triage patients so the right people get the right treatment at the right time   A mini stroke, called a transient ischemic attack (TIA),...

October 07, 2017
sector_ico_Health_trans Health
Reducing risks through non-invasive testing...

Every year, approximately 10,000 women in Canada have an amniocentesis — a prenatal procedure in which a sample of amniotic fluid is drawn by needle and tested for chromosomal ab...

October 07, 2017
sector_ico_Health_trans Health
HIV/Aids Chronicle: a case study in genomics medicines...

The transformation of this disease from death sentence to manageable condition is an incredible story of personalized medicine and one of the world’s best examples of the power o...

August 14, 2017
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