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The University of British Columbia
Vancouver campus
The Centre for Blood Research
In pursuit of health through research in blood and blood-related processes.
GMOs: Scientific or Social Uncertainty?
Genetic engineering is the process of altering the blueprints of an organism in order to effect some desired change. Since its discovery in the 1970s, this technology has been used to advance research, industry, medicine, and agriculture. Read More
Proteases can be a turn-on, or a turn-off. Or… A Protease-mediated Switch Controls the Transition from Proinflammatory (M1) to Repair (M2) Macrophages
Chronic inflammatory & autoimmune diseases affect many Canadians, and yet the mechanisms behind such conditions are not fully understood and there is no cure available. Read More
Open Access and Open Science: The Call for More Transparency in Science
In May of this year, a group of Swedish universities made the decision not to renew their contracts with publishing giant Elsevier. To researchers who rely on these journals for their day-to-day work this may seem like a drastic move, but this new stand-off is part of a movement toward an open-access model in publishing research. Read More
CBR Summer Students Visit Canadian Blood Services!
What is involved in getting blood that has been donated at a mobile clinic in Campbell River to a patient on the operating table at Vancouver General Hospital? Read More
The Bayer-UBC Bleeding Disorders Collaboratory Continues to Innovate
The Bayer-UBC Bleeding Disorders Collaboratory, established in 2012 with a $750,000 financial commitment from Bayer Inc., has stimulated substantial innovation in the treatment of hemophilia and other bleeding disorders. Read More
