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December 15, 2011
New genetic testing confirms diagnosis in children with rare genetic disorder.
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December 01, 2011
Researchers from the University of British Columbia, CFRI and BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) have won a $2.8-million grant from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to improve the survival rate of Bangladeshi mothers, newborns and young children through the prevention of sepsis, a life-threatening form of infection in which the bloodstream is overwhelmed by bacteria.
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November 21, 2011
New research published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal and led by CFRI clinician scientist Dr. Mark Ansermino showed that families' resports of adverse events related to their child's stay in hospital complements reporting by health care providers.
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November 18, 2011
A special issue of The International Journal of Circumpolar Health was recently published with support, in part, by a grant from CFRI. CFRI member Dr. Anne George was Special Editor for the issue, called “Health Research in Northern Canadian Context: Roles and Responsibilities of Academic Institutions.”
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November 16, 2011
An international team led by CFRI member Dr. Christopher Maxwell and his colleague Dr. Miguel Àngel Pujana of the Catalan Institute of Oncology describes a fundamental molecular mechanism in the development of breast cell epithelium that is altered in some breast cancer patients.
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November 10, 2011
It has been almost 90 years since Canadians Sir Frederick Banting and Dr. Charles Best discovered insulin, saving and improving the lives of people with diabetes around the world.
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November 03, 2011
CMMT Scientific Symposium on Monday, November 7, 2011 from 9:00 am - 6:30 pm. The event includes keynote sessions by world-renowned scientists, a networking event and poster presentations.
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November 01, 2011
Premature infants exposed to steroid medications after birth are at increased risk for impaired brain development, shows a new study co-authored by investigators at the Child & Family Research Institute at BC Children’s Hospital and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).
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October 31, 2011
The Globe and Mail Editorial quotes Dr. Michael Hayden about the possibilities of innovation that result from basic research.
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October 31, 2011
Experts from the Vancouver-led international initiative to prevent one of the world’s leading causes of maternal and infant death during pregnancy and child birth.
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October 27, 2011
Removing an overactive protein from some types of brain tumours actually stops the growth of cancer cells, CFRI’s Dr. Sandra Dunn, Dr. Catherine Pallen and Dr. Abbas Fotovati reported in Cancer Research, the most frequently cited cancer journal worldwide. Their finding opens the door to developing a drug that targets the protein called Y-box binding protein, or YB-1. The journal featured their research as its August 15 cover illustration, highlighting its potential clinical impact.
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October 04, 2011
CFRI scientist awarded Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation grant Dr. Megan Levings, CFRI Scientist and Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of British Columbia, is one of two scientists who received a seed grant from the prestigious Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation for her innovative research on Crohn’s disease.
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October 03, 2011
Workers at BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s & Health Centre broke ground on the construction of the Child & Family Research Imaging Facility last week. The new facility will house a 3-Tesla MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanner and an imaging analysis and neuro-informatics lab.
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September 14, 2011
Discoveries contributed to national infection control guidelines and improved lab testing
For 30 years, researchers led by Dr. David Speert at the Child & Family Research Institute at BC Children’s Hospital have collected and stored bacteria that cause devastating infections in children and adults with cystic fibrosis (CF).
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September 01, 2011
The Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health announced the appointment of Dr. Robert Peterson as the chair of the newly established Canadian Drug Expert Committee. Dr. Bruce Carleton was appointed as an expert member.
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August 30, 2011
Researchers at the University of British Columbia and the Child & Family Research Institute have shown that parental stress during their children’s early years can leave an imprint on their sons’ or daughters’ genes – an imprint that lasts into adolescence and may affect how these genes are expressed later in life.
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August 11, 2011
An innovative proposal from Dr. Mark Ansermino and Dr. Peter von Dadelszen to transform a simple cell phone into a portable blood-oxygen tester secured a $250,000 seed grant from "Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development," an international competition to improve maternal health.
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July 29, 2011
An innovative proposal from Dr. Mark Ansermino and Dr. Peter von Dadelszen to transform a simple cell phone into a portable blood-oxygen tester secured a $250,000 seed grant from "Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development," an international competition to improve maternal health.
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July 05, 2011
Increasing a specific protein in areas of the pancreas that produce insulin blocks the immune attack that causes type 1 diabetes, researchers reported in the August issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, published early online.
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July 04, 2011
Dr. Tim Oberlander comments to CNN about a new study that examined the relationship between antidepressants and the risk of autism.
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