• ‘Smart stent‘ detects narrowing of arteries

    ‘Smart stent‘ detects narrowing of arteries

    For every three individuals who have had a stent implanted to keep clogged arteries open and prevent a heart attack, at least one will experience restenosis—the renewed narrowing of the artery due to plaque buildup or scarring—which can lead to additional complications.

  • Twenty-five per cent of seafood sold in Metro Vancouver is mislabelled

    Twenty-five per cent of seafood sold in Metro Vancouver is mislabelled

    A quarter of the seafood tested from Metro Vancouver grocery stores, restaurants and sushi bars is not what you think it is. A new UBC study used DNA barcoding to determine that 70 of 281 seafood samples collected in Metro Vancouver between September 2017 and February 2018 were mislabelled.