Creating universal blood-type organs for transplant
Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu’s team and collaborators are creating universal blood-type organs for transplant.
Sepsis: The end is just the beginning
Andy An explains the critical need to study sepsis and post-sepsis syndrome, and how COVID-19 has brought new attention to both.
UBC researchers lead $24 million project to treat spinal cord injury
Dr. Karen Cheung is part of the Mend the Gap project, which will develop soft gels to help regrow nerve fibres in an injured spinal cord.
Machine learning and AI used to rapidly detect sepsis, cutting risk of death dramatically
A groundbreaking advance in quickly detecting sepsis using machine learning has been pioneered by researchers in the Hancock Lab.
UBC researchers train computers to predict the next designer drugs
Research from Dr. Michael Skinnider and Dr. Leonard Foster have trained computers to predict the next designer drugs before they are even on the market, technology that could save lives.
UBC-led researchers uncover how the novel coronavirus escapes a cell’s antiviral defenses
A UBC-led research team has uncovered how the virus responsible for causing COVID-19 escapes destruction in infected cells, allowing SARS-CoV-2 to persist and continue spreading in the human body.
Warding Off the Post-Antibiotic Era: Stimulating the Pursuit to Visualize a Common Antibiotic Target
In a paper by Caveney et al., the antibiotic-free structure of a penicillin-binding protein from the human pathogen Escherichia coli was determined using single-particle cryo-EM.
Developing microchip technology to better answer questions about the endothelial glycocalyx
The Kizhakkedathu Lab and their collaborators developed an improved method for studying glycocalyces by using microfluidic chip technology.
Cancer chemotherapy drug reverses Alzheimer’s symptoms in mice
A drug commonly used to treat cancer can restore memory and cognitive function in mice with Alzheimer’s disease symptoms, Jefferies Lab researchers have found.
Innovative coating for blood vessels reduces rejection of transplanted organs
Researchers have found a way to reduce organ rejection following a transplant by using a special polymer to coat blood vessels on the organ to be transplanted.