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The role of mechanics in EMT and cancer metastasis
The World Health Organization reports that cancer is the second leading cause of death globally, responsible for…
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Counteracting the “Jumping to Conclusion” bias in schizophrenia with a combination of neuromodulation and metacognitive training
In Canada around 1% of the population is diagnosed with schizophrenia, roughly corresponding to 40 000 people…
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Development of a non-invasive diagnostic to detect bacterial pulmonary infections in patients with cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis (CF), once known as an untreatable fatal disease in early childhood, is now recognized as…
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Investigating what matters to youth: A mixed-methods study of youth-centred opioid treatments and their outcomes
Since 2016, approximately 1,200 youth in British Columbia (BC) between the ages of 15 and 24 have…
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Movement and young minds: Co-designing and integrating physical activity programming into health services for young people experiencing mental health and substance use challenges
In Canada, mental health and substance use (MHSU) disorders affect 25 percent of young people aged 12…
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Portable MRI for multiple sclerosis: Feasibility establishment and technical development for clinical and research applications
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an important tool for diagnosing and monitoring multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease…
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The impact of the loss-of-function ankyrin-B p.S646F variant on cardiomyocyte and neuronal excitability: Implications for diagnosis and treatment of heart disease
The electrical rhythms underlying heart and brain function are sustained by proteins that form pores in cellular…
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Understanding the link between lung genomics, transcriptomics, and sex differences in COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an inflammatory lung disease that causes respiratory symptoms such as shortness…
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Ventilation heterogeneity in asthma, COPD and asthma-COPD overlap: oscillometry and pulmonary MRI
Airways disease is a hallmark finding in both asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although tobacco…
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Vitamin C-induced epigenomic remodeling as a preventive therapy for leukemic transformation
Despite the overall improved diagnostics, standard of care and therapeutic options, most acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients…
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Resisting Vascular Cognitive Impairment: The Effects of Resistance Training on Myelin and Blood-based Biomarkers of Neuroplasticity in Older Adults
We are studying if strength training exercises can reduce myelin loss and preserve cognitive abilities in adults…
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Promoting mental health in immigrant, refugee, and non-immigrant children: A British Columbia intergenerational population cohort study
Mental health problems are estimated to be the most common disabling condition among adolescents worldwide, with children…
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