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Marijuana ineffective as an Alzheimer’s treatment: UBC-Vancouver Coastal Health research

Feb. 8, 2010 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

The benefits of marijuana in tempering or reversing the effects of Alzheimer’s disease have been challenged in a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.

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Canada’s Chief Justice takes part in Western Premier of Louis Riel opera

Feb. 2, 2010 | Filed under: Media Release

Opera students at the UBC travel to different countries every year to learn where the art they practise comes from. But now, with the world arriving in Vancouver for the 2010 Olympics, the UBC School of Music is on a mission to showcase Canadian opera.

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UBC researchers to lead two NSERC Strategic Networks worth $10.3M

Feb. 2, 2010 | Filed under: Media Release

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have received $10.3 million in funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) to lead and coordinate two Strategic Networks in machining and biomaterials technology.

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UBC clinical teaching facility opens at KGH

Jan. 26, 2010 | Filed under: Media Release

See release at: http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2009-2013/2010PREM0015-000073.htm

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No evidence of a post-Olympics boom or bust for host city real estate prices: UBC study

Jan. 25, 2010 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags:

Cities that win Olympic bids experience neither boom nor bust in their real estate prices, but gain construction jobs as they prepare for the Games, according to researchers at the Sauder School of Business at the UBC.

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Weight training improves cognitive function in seniors: UBC-Vancouver Coastal Health research

Jan. 25, 2010 | Filed under: Media Release

Weight-bearing exercises may help minimize cognitive decline and impaired mobility in seniors, according to a new study conducted by the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility at Vancouver Coastal Health and the University of British Columbia.

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“Jekyll and Hyde” cell may hold key to muscular dystrophy, fibrosis treatment: UBC research

Jan. 18, 2010 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

A team of University of British Columbia researchers has identified fat-producing cells that possess “dual-personalities” and may further the development of treatments for muscle diseases such as muscular dystrophy and fibrosis.

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Zebrafish behaviour monitoring system could boost drug discovery: UBC-Harvard research

Jan. 17, 2010 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: , , , , , , ,

Researchers from the University of British Columbia and Harvard University have co-developed a system that captures on video and barcodes the behavioral responses of zebrafish to chemical compounds on a large scale. The approach could dramatically speed up the discovery of new psychiatric drugs.

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BC’s Four Research Universities Applaud the Provincial Government’s HST Rebate Decision

Jan. 15, 2010 | Filed under: Media Release

The Presidents of BC’s four research universities were pleased to learn of the Government of British Columbia’s decision to provide a new provincial HST rebate for universities.

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Disadvantaged neighbourhoods set children’s reading skills on negative course: UBC study

Jan. 14, 2010 | Filed under: Media Release

A landmark study from the University of British Columbia finds that the neighbourhoods in which children reside at kindergarten predict their reading comprehension skills seven years later.
The study, published this week in the journal Health & Place, finds children who live in neighbourhoods with higher rates of poverty show reduced scores on standardized tests seven [...]

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UBC Reports | Vol. 56 | No. 2 | Feb. 8, 2010

Insane Pain: Thrill of the skeleton

When Jeff Pain describes himself as a Type A personality, he’s not kidding.

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