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Teaching an old drug new tricks: How IVIg can help children with inflammatory bowel disease

Oct 21, 2019

A new BC Children’s Hospital study provides hope for children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dr. Laura Sly is investigating how a drug approved 60 years ago could help kids today. The study shows that a drug made of pooled antibodies can reduce inflammation associated with ulcerative colitis. 

New DNA “clock” could help measure development in young children

Oct 15, 2019

Scientists have developed a molecular “clock” that could reshape how pediatricians measure and monitor childhood growth and potentially allow for an earlier diagnosis of life-altering development disorders. The research, published this week in PNAS, describes how the addition of chemical tags to DNA over time can potentially be used to screen for developmental differences and health problems in children.

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

Aug 19, 2019
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.