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Canadian Autoimmunity Standardization Core (CAN-ASC)

CAN-ASC is a Canada-wide consortium of researchers and clinician scientists. We collaborate with international networks from academia and industry to develop consensus-driven, standardized and validated operating procedures (SOPs) for human immunology research.

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Canucks for Kids Fund Childhood Diabetes Laboratories

The Canucks for Kids Fund Childhood Diabetes Laboratories aim to improve the lives of children with diabetes by advancing knowledge of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, through innovative and multi-disciplinary basic and clinical diabetes research.

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GenCOUNSEL Project

Families are at the heart of everything we do

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Levings Lab

Research from the Levings Lab focuses on immune cells called T regulatory cells (Tregs) that are central to immune tolerance and are a very promising new therapeutic tool.

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Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program (MCCCRP)

Researchers with the Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program embrace one goal: to save children’s lives, while improving their health and quality of life through every phase of treatment and recovery.

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The Rare Disease Discovery Hub

A research investigation into understanding rare disease.

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Silent Genomes Project

Reducing health care disparities and improving diagnostic success for children with genetic diseases from Indigenous populations

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Trainee Omics Group

The BCCHR Trainee Omics Group is a team of enthusiastic trainees from across research themes at the BC Children's Research Institute who are eager to make bioinformatics accessible and fun for everyone!

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Outdoor play during child care to become more fulfilling for children

Led by BC Children's Hospital investigator Dr. Mariana Brussoni, a project meant to increase time spent by children in quality outdoor play in Early Learning and Child Care Settings has received $650,000 from the Lawson Foundation.

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COVID-19 vaccines: what to expect and how to combat hesitancy

A Q&A with Dr. Julie Bettinger about vaccine safety and what to expect with the new COVID-19 vaccines

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New research funding to accelerate stem cell-based therapies for type 1 diabetes at BC Children’s Hospital

BC Children’s Hospital’s Dr. Francis Lynn is leading one of two groups awarded a total of $6 million in funding from the Government of Canada and JDRF Canada to accelerate the development of stem cell based therapies for type 1 diabetes (T1D)

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Peanut allergy treatment significantly lowers risk of life-threatening reactions in preschoolers

A new study by researchers at BC Children’s Hospital and the University of British Columbia gives hope to parents and kids who face real danger from exposure to peanuts.

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New BC study to estimate how many young people have been infected with COVID

BC Children’s Hospital-led research project aims to better grasp the role that children and young adults have played in the development of the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia

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