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  • How Dream Photonics is helping to transform advanced tech manufacturing in B.C.

    How Dream Photonics is helping to transform advanced tech manufacturing in B.C.

    Pushing the economy forward: A UBC spin-off company is tackling a critical manufacturing bottleneck, helping companies scale and commercialize advanced technologies

  • Lowering levels of mutant protein that causes Huntington disease can restore cognitive function in mice

    Lowering levels of mutant protein that causes Huntington disease can restore cognitive function in mice

    New research from the University of British Columbia suggests that reducing mutated Huntington disease protein in the brain can restore cognitive and psychiatric impairments in mice.

  • Exercise reduces stress, improves cellular health in family caregivers

    Exercise reduces stress, improves cellular health in family caregivers

    Exercising at least three times a week for six months reduced stress in a group of family caregivers and even appeared to lengthen a small section of their chromosomes that is believed to slow cellular aging, new UBC research has found.

  • Midwifery linked to lower odds of birth complications for low-income women

    Midwifery linked to lower odds of birth complications for low-income women

    New research from the University of British Columbia and the University of Saskatchewan is adding new evidence in support of midwives as a safe option for prenatal care, especially for women who have low socioeconomic status.

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