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  • UBC-designed cooler combats vaccine spoilage in developing world

    UBC-designed cooler combats vaccine spoilage in developing world

    Many vaccines must be kept at temperatures between two to eight degrees Celsius or they may spoil, but storing them in that narrow range of temperatures can be a challenge in remote areas with limited refrigeration.

  • Sit, Stay, Heal: Study finds therapy dogs help stressed university students

    Sit, Stay, Heal: Study finds therapy dogs help stressed university students

    Therapy dog sessions for stressed-out students are an increasingly popular offering at North American universities. Now, new research from the University of British Columbia confirms that some doggy one-on-one time really can do the trick of boosting student wellness.

  • UBC researchers invent new method to create self-tinting windows

    UBC researchers invent new method to create self-tinting windows

    UBC chemistry researchers have developed a simple, cost-effective technique for making smart windows that could lead the way for wide-scale adoption of this energy-saving technology.

  • New moms need better support easing back into exercise after birth

    New moms need better support easing back into exercise after birth

    Getting enough exercise is crucial to the health of new moms, yet most programs designed to increase postnatal physical activity are only somewhat effective.

  • Non-smokers with oral precancerous lesions at increased risk of cancer

    Non-smokers with oral precancerous lesions at increased risk of cancer

    Precancerous lesions in the mouths of non-smokers are more likely to progress to cancer than those in smokers, new research from the University of British Columbia has found.

  • Healthy aging research at UBC expands with $24-million gift

    Healthy aging research at UBC expands with $24-million gift

    A $24-million donation to the University of British Columbia’s faculty of medicine will expand research aimed at helping people live longer and enjoy a better quality of life in their later years.

  • Canada Finance Minister Bill Morneau visits Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health

    Canada Finance Minister Bill Morneau visits Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health

    Canada Finance Minister Bill Morneau visited the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health and Brain Behaviour Laboratory at UBC Tuesday, to learn how investments made in Budget 2018 will help fund important science and research.

  • Poor mothers face greater scrutiny over their children’s weight

    Poor mothers face greater scrutiny over their children’s weight

    Low-income mothers who use food assistance programs face a high level of surveillance over their children’s health and weight, new UBC research suggests.

  • Strict eating schedule can lower Huntington disease protein in mice

    Strict eating schedule can lower Huntington disease protein in mice

    New research from the University of British Columbia suggests that following a strict eating schedule can help clear away the protein responsible for Huntington disease in mice.

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