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Prevention of osteoporotic hip fractures: Linking novel clinical imaging tools to laboratory measures of bone strength
Osteoporotic fractures among the elderly are a growing public health burden worldwide. Osteoporotic fractures are associated with…
View details2005Competition
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Probing the gastrointestinal microbiota for microbial determinants of asthma
Allergic asthma affects over 100 million people worldwide and more than 20 percent of Canadians. Furthermore, it…
View details2009Competition
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Probing the preparation and preprogramming of voluntary movements using startle in healthy humans and clinical populations
Every day people are required to make quick, voluntary responses to environmental signals, such as sound. The…
View details2004Competition
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Processing subthreshold synaptic activity in cerebellar Purkinje cells: a role for T type calcium channels
Nerve cells transmit signals to each other across tiny gaps called synapses. The Purkinje nerve cell receives…
View details2004Competition
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Programming bordetella pertussis to produce novel vaccines
Pertussis (whooping cough) continues to be a problem despite high vaccination coverage against Bordetella pertussis, the bacterium…
View details2021Competition
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Promoting beta-cell function and survival in rodent models of diabetes with an analogue of the incretin hormone, GIP
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic, debilitating disease in which the body is unable to adequately dispose of…
View details2009Competition
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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…
View details2020Competition
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Promoting the sustainability of digital interventions for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections in Canda: A multi-methods study
More and more people are using digital tools to get tested for STIs. But we don’t know…
View details2024Competition
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Prosopagnosia and the processing of familiarity, identity and the self
Brain injuries can have lasting detrimental effects on the way someone thinks and behaves. Prosopagnosia, a rare…
View details2007Competition
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Prospective memory in obsessive compulsive disorder
People with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) experience persistent and distressing thoughts. In most cases, anxiety is relieved…
View details2004Competition
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Proteasomal degradation of BACE in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common neurodegenerative disorder causing dementia in older people. With Alzheimer’s, brain cells…
View details2004Competition
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Protecting insulin-producing beta cell transplants from death and dysfunction
Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases among adults, children and youth. In 2008/09, the…
View details2017Competition
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