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Revealing the Mysteries of Hard-to-treat Bacterial Infection in Cystic Fibrosis
New UBC research on bacteria that cause major problems for those with cystic fibrosis reveals clues as to how it proliferates for so long in the lungs and offers new ideas for treatments to explore.
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Detecting DNA Damage from Carcinogenic Fungi
New technique can reveal exposure to aflatoxin, a potent carcinogen, before tumors develop.
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How Should Research Discoveries Inform Clinical Practice?
In the era of genome sequencing, it’s time to update the old “bench-to-bedside” shorthand for how basic research discoveries inform clinical practice.
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Gene Associated with Tau Pathology
Tau pathology may be more closely connected to loss of brain function with advancing age.
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A Step Toward High Throughput Epigenetics Research
Automated workflows open new avenues in the rapidly-expanding epigenetic frontier.
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Here's One Reason to Eat More Broccoli
Researchers have found that sulforaphane, a dietary compound from broccoli that’s known to help prevent prostate cancer, may work through its influence on long, non-coding RNAs.
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Epigenetics Plays a Major role in Breast Cancer Resistance
Researchers say that they now understand the mechanism by which two important pathways associated with breast cancer ‘talk’ to each other.
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A Third of Suspect Mutations in ASD Just “Noise”
Leveraging natural selection narrows the field of potential non-inherited genetic causes.
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Cause of Two Thirds of Cancer Mutations Identified
The findings are grounded on a novel mathematical model based on DNA sequencing and epidemiologic data from around the world.
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