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  • Genomic test co-invented by UBC researchers can help millions of breast cancer patients safely avoid chemotherapy

    Genomic test co-invented by UBC researchers can help millions of breast cancer patients safely avoid chemotherapy

    A clinical trial of more than 4,400 patients—two decades in the making—has now confirmed the test works.

  • UBC study identifies social and behavioural factors most closely associated with dying

    UBC study identifies social and behavioural factors most closely associated with dying

    Smoking, divorce and alcohol abuse have the closest connection to death out of 57 social and behavioural factors analyzed in research published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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  • Some early herders didn’t quit fishing and foraging for a millennium after first keeping livestock

  • Canada nabs time on Extremely Large Telescope with groundbreaking instrument investment

  • AI swarms could hijack democracy—without anyone noticing

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    Genomic test co-invented by UBC researchers can help millions of breast cancer patients safely avoid chemotherapy

  • Meet UBC’s head groundskeeper preparing the National Soccer Development Centre for the world stage
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    Meet UBC’s head groundskeeper preparing the National Soccer Development Centre for the world stage

  • How UBC-trained food scientists are advancing food and beverage manufacturing in Canada 
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    How UBC-trained food scientists are advancing food and beverage manufacturing in Canada 

  • Free contraception policy sharply reduces patient costs in B.C., especially for young adults
    Health & Medicine

    Free contraception policy sharply reduces patient costs in B.C., especially for young adults

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