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  • How warming winters could reshape B.C.’s Christmas tree choices

    How warming winters could reshape B.C.’s Christmas tree choices

    Forest geneticist Dr. Sally Aitken explains how warming winters, droughts and pests could change which species thrive—and what that means for holiday shoppers.

  • Genetic testing could greatly benefit patients with depression, save health system millions

    Genetic testing could greatly benefit patients with depression, save health system millions

    The study shows that in B.C. alone, implementing pharmacogenomic testing could save the provincial public health system an estimated $956 million over 20 years.

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