March 12, 2013 2:42 am
The team is headed by enzymologists and chemists at UBC who first synthesized the new compound. Positive results were achieved from test tube experiments and as a result, Bance and Niikura ran a series of animal model tests which also produced very promising results.
February 27, 2013 6:04 pm
Fedorova’s team has recognized that the use of smartphones in the health care sector could reduce costs, as the phones could be used to automate certain tasks that employees would otherwise conduct.
February 27, 2013 4:14 pm
The B.C. Generations Project aims to create a health database for researchers studying causes of cancer and the impact of genetics, environment and lifestyle on developing cancer.
February 27, 2013 3:28 pm
Most products either mask the smell with a fragrance or use heavy chemicals that are harmful to the skin. The goal for Robinson and Fischl was to design a product that was all-natural, that was safe and that actually worked.
January 29, 2013 5:40 pm
Stroke patients affected by decreased strength on one side of their body can improve walking ability through high-intensity strength training on their unaffected side, according to new findings by University of Victoria researchers.
Science & Technology
Social approval may be a factor in PTSD
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Not all who skip out on post-secondary are missing out
Arts
Commemorating residential school survivors through art
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UBC football player suspended for marijuana use
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MUN student’s new blog aims to help victims of sexual abuse
Arts
Edmonton filmmaker strives for horror film glory in Canadian competition
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Diaz has just released a new collection of short stories titled This Is How You Lose Her, which he read from at the International Festival of Authors (IFOA) last weekend. The Strand sat down with him to discuss his new work.
I didn’t think much of you the first time we met. I was young and ignorant and you were just amongst the other 26 letters hidden somewhere in the middle, quiet and passive. I apologize now for the way I neglected you. Remembering all of those hours wasted with vowels — those damn popular vowels.
In October 2011, 85 per cent of students who voted said yes to a redistribution of $10.35 from their tuition to help fund and support a new radio station. Despite an attempt to reclaim the 88.1 FM frequency, which included what Ryerson President Sheldon Levy called “a huge amount of work,” Radio Ryerson lost the bid.