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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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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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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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Silent Genomes Project

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

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Kids in neighbourhoods with larger households less likely to be killed in residential fires: new research

A new study finds that a child’s risk of death or injury in a residential fire is greatly reduced in neighbourhoods with larger than average households.

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World Sepsis Day in the heart of downtown Vancouver

This year, on Friday, September 13, the Action on Sepsis Research Cluster is spreading the word about the risk of sepsis and the life-saving researching taking place in our city by hosting a public awareness event in the heart of downtown Vancouver.

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Stressed out? New research could explain why prenatal stress exposure increases vulnerability to stress later in life

Pregnant women who experience stress, such as depression or anxiety, could be passing along a genetic marker for stress to their unborn fetus. New research findings may help identify high-risk individuals, and develop ways to prevent disease.

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Dr. Edmond S. Chan receives 2019 Robyn Allen Leadership Award

Dr. Edmond S. Chan, UBC Clinical Associate Professor and Head of the Division of Allergy & Immunology in the Department of Pediatrics at UBC, is the winner of the 2019 Robyn Allen Leadership Award.

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“Gold standard” food allergy test faces implementation barriers but solutions possible

A new study from Dr. Edmond Chan concludes that the procedure known as an oral food challenge (OFC), considered the “gold standard” of food allergy testing, faces multiple barriers preventing its widespread implementation.

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