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Pioneering technology to simulate blood vessel networks in organ-on-chip models

Muscle health depends on lipid synthesis

B.C. sea sponge has COVID-blocking powers

HUSHing repetitive-like elements contributes to normal brain development and function

Guar Gum, a type of dietary fiber, eases MS severity in mouse model

COVID-19 driven IgA autoimmune assault on lung surface proteins predictive of severe outcomes

Old drugs hint at new ways to beat chronic pain

Receptor FIBCD1 newly identified in neurodevelopmental disorders

How flies lay off the extra salty snacks

Laboratory-generated mini-kidneys help understand link between diabetes and severe COVID-19

UBC team discovers ‘silver bullet’ to keep medical devices free of bacteria

A hot spot for mutations linked to heart failure where Junctophilin meets voltage-gated calcium channel

Insulin resistance–obesity–hyperinsulinemia–which comes first and what causes what?

New nasal spray treats Delta variant infection in mice, indicating broad spectrum results

World TB Day 2022 urges investment to save lives and put an end to the “other pandemic”

Fundamental studies on protein nanomachines provide molecular insights into rare diseases

Male bees can’t hack extreme stress like females can

Creating universal blood-type organs for transplant

Futuristic coating for hospital fabrics and activewear kills COVID virus and E. coli

New mouse model developed for research into COVID-19

Stem cell-based treatment produces insulin in patients with Type 1 diabetes

Researchers’ efforts to screen billions of antiviral drugs to find potential COVID-19 treatments relies on AI

Protecting your gut feelings: How intestinal infections keep things moving

New target for treatment identified for Tuberculosis prompts interest from Swedish biotech startup

Developing new drugs for superbugs like MRSA

Heatwaves like ‘the Blob’ could decrease role of ocean as carbon sink

UBC-led researchers uncover how the novel coronavirus escapes a cell’s antiviral defenses

A call for inclusion: taking both sexes into account strengthens science

Novel molecular insights into transporter gene important steps toward therapies for untreatable form of vision loss

A vision for the future of microbiome research from the Tropini lab

Neutralizing SARS-CoV-2’s sugar coat a promising direction for COVID-19 therapeutics

Innovative coating for blood vessels reduces rejection of transplanted organs

A reflection on the progression to type 2 diabetes and the debate about causality

Not all acids are equally sour: Gordon lab research sheds light on why fruit flies find lactic acid a delight

Enhancing the understanding of how diseases occur in one organ but not another

Lectins’ dance about the SARS-COV-2 spike protein points to potential for new COVID-19 therapeutics

UBC-led team captures first-ever X-ray images of critical SARS-COV-2 enzyme in action

Filip Van Petegem leads Nature Communications study showing disease mutant causes large changes in the structure of the RyR1 protein

Rideout lab discovers the molecular mechanism of a sex difference in food-related changes to body size

Radical and elegant gene transcription findings overturn existing theory on histone acetylation