{"id":1434,"date":"2025-04-02T18:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T18:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/navyblue.bcmultistaging.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=1434"},"modified":"2026-01-12T03:50:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T03:50:57","slug":"using-chicken-embryos-bc-researchers-develop-approach-difficult-to-treat-cancers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/brave-initiative\/2025\/04\/02\/using-chicken-embryos-bc-researchers-develop-approach-difficult-to-treat-cancers\/","title":{"rendered":"Using chicken embryos, BC researchers develop new approach for difficult-to-treat cancers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"fndry-paragraph fndry-text-intro22\">BC Children&#8217;s Hospital investigators Dr. James Lim and Dr. Phillip Lange appeared on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/vancouver\/article\/using-chicken-embryos-bc-researchers-develop-new-approach-for-difficult-to-treat-cancers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CTV News<\/a>\u00a0to discuss a new strategy to find a therapy for hard-to-treat childhood cancers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div  class=\"fndry-container fndry-responsive-bg fndry-responsive-border fndry-pb--3 fndry-pt--3 fndry-pr--md-1 fndry-pl--md-1 fndry-pt--sm-0 fndry-pb--sm-0 fndry-mt--sm-3 fndry-mb--sm-3\">\n\t<div class=\"fndry-row\">\n\t<div  class=\"fndry-col fndry-responsive-bg fndry-col--12 fndry-col--sm-12 fndry-col--md-12 fndry-d--flex fndry-flex--col fndry-align--start fndry-justify--center\">\n\t<figure  class=\"fndry-image fndry-mb--0\" style=\"--imageWidth:100%;--img-height-all:520px\" aria-labelledby=\"img-2466\">\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/brave-initiative\/files\/2025\/01\/chicken-egg-model.jpg\" class=\"fndry-image__img\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"--borderRadius:0px;--objectFit:cover;--imagePosX:50%;--imagePosY:50%\" 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