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Development of an Integrated Risk Assessment and Risk Management Tool for Health Care in BC, Phase 1 – assessment of chemical exposure hazards encountered by health care workers in BC
There are more than 80,000 health care providers working in BC. They work in complex and demanding…
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Extracellular Matrix Adhesins of Treponema pallidum
Syphilis, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum, is a chronic bacterial infection with a global distribution. Although…
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From Efficacy to Community Effectiveness. The proposed program of research, mentoring and knowledge translation will addresses the more effective, scalable, population-based, chronic disease and that …
The unprecedented investment in biomedical research during the past 50 years has resulted in many important advances…
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Genetic Susceptibility to Inflammatory Airway Diseases
Chronic inflammatory airway diseases include asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cystic fibrosis (CF). Together, these…
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Genomic neighborhoods and inherited disease: the case for SIOD
While completing medical training in clinical genetics, Dr. Cornelius Boerkoel was consulted on two patients with a…
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Identification of a novel obesity gene
The prevalence of obesity is increasing dramatically, and is occuring at an increasing rate among children. Obesity…
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IL-13 and the Glycomics of Airway Epithelial Repair
Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood and continues to increase in prevalence in adults.…
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Improving Access to Quality Cancer Care using Operations Research Methods
Radiotherapy is used for curative and palliative (symptom relief) purposes for patients with cancer, with 30 to…
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Improving Sensitivity of Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease via Multidimensional Analysis of Longitudinal Magnetic Resonance Scans
Statistics show that two per cent of Canadians aged 60-74 years, and one-third over the age of…
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Increased nitric oxide bioavailability through regulated eNOS-Caveolin-1 antagonism
Hypertension (high blood pressure) has a direct link to aging and is a major risk factor for…
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Individual differences in stress coping and predisposition to disease.
Glucocorticoids are hormones that the body releases into the bloodstream in response to stress, protecting our bodies…
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Multimodal Imaging Instrumentation for Non-Invasive Functional Retinal Imaging
With an aging population comes an increase in a number of diseases and conditions of the eye.…
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