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Significant childhood cancer discovery made by scientists at the BC Cancer Agency
Research published today by scientists at the BC Cancer Agency in Cancer Cell brings new hope for the treatment of high-risk childhood sarcomas – a type of cancer that has seen almost no treatment improvement in the last 20 years in spite of intense research efforts. Sarcomas are malignant – meaning they are cancerous – […]
Dr. Francois Benard and TRIUMF team win NSERC Brockhouse Prize
NSERC Brockhouse Prize For CycloMed99 17 February 2015 For their outstanding teamwork in realizing a solution for safe and reliable isotope production for hospitals in Canada, interdisciplinary research team CycloMed99 will be receiving a prestigious national award at a ceremony in Ottawa today. The Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will present the NSERC Brockhouse Canada […]
Upcoming Presentation: Dr Elaine Mardis, “Cancer Genomics: From Discovery to Clinic”
Dr. Mardis joined The Genome Institute at Washington University, St. Louis, MO, in 1993. As Director of Technology Development, she helped create methods and automation pipelines for sequencing the human genome. Dr. Mardis has research interests in the application of next-generation sequencing to characterize cancer genomes and transcriptomes, and using these data to support therapeutic decision-making. […]
UBC scientists help avert a nuclear medicine meltdown
Media Release | January 8, 2015 University of British Columbia scientists have shown that small cyclotrons – particle accelerators the size of an SUV – can replace hulking nuclear power plants as the country’s main source of medical isotopes, the radioactive atoms used for thousands of diagnostic scan across Canada each day. The demonstration last […]
BC Cancer Agency scientists make internationally significant discovery, mapping the evolution of breast cancer ‘avatars’
Vancouver – A just-published paper in the prestigious journal Nature highlights how researchers at the BC Cancer Agency are using human breast cancer ‘avatars’ — models of human breast cancers — to measure how complex cancers develop and change over time. The research is unprecedented because it uses single cancer cells to expose how breast […]
Dr. Samuel Aparicio named 2014 Aubrey J. Tingle Prize winner
Dr. Samuel Aparicio, 2014 Aubrey J. Tingle Prize recipient (photo: CNW Group/Canadian Cancer Society (National Office)) Breast cancer researcher Dr. Samuel Aparicio has been named the winner of the fifth annual Aubrey J. Tingle Prize. Created in honour of MSFHR’s founding president & CEO, this award is given to a British Columbia researcher whose work […]
Dr Francois Benard – BC breakthrough in isotope production for medical imaging
BC breakthrough in isotope production for medical imaging. Dr Francois Benard and TRIUMF featured: CBC.ca, The Vancouver Sun, The Vancouver Province, The National Post, and on The CBC National (video). Medical isotopes: A made in B.C. solution Vancouver Sun Monday, June 10, 2013 By Erin Ellis Scientists in Vancouver have found a way to create […]