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Childhood Diseases | Lab, Project & Program Websites
Canadian Autoimmunity Standardization Core (CAN-ASC)
CAN-ASC is a Canada-wide consortium of researchers and clinician scientists. We collaborate with international networks from academia and industry to develop consensus-driven, standardized and validated operating procedures (SOPs) for human immunology research.
Canucks for Kids Fund Childhood Diabetes Laboratories
The Canucks for Kids Fund Childhood Diabetes Laboratories aim to improve the lives of children with diabetes by advancing knowledge of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, through innovative and multi-disciplinary basic and clinical diabetes research.
GenCOUNSEL Project
For patients with rare, unexplained disorders and their families, genome-wide sequencing (GWS; exome and whole genome) can provide much-needed answers but it can also raise a lot of questions.
Levings Lab
Research from the Levings Lab focuses on immune cells called T regulatory cells (Tregs) that are central to immune tolerance and are a very promising new therapeutic tool.
Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program (MCCCRP)
Researchers with the Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program embrace one goal: to save children’s lives, while improving their health and quality of life through every phase of treatment and recovery.
Silent Genomes Project
Reducing health care disparities and improving diagnostic success for children with genetic diseases from Indigenous populations
Trainee Omics Group
The BCCHR Trainee Omics Group is a team of enthusiastic trainees from across research themes at the BC Children's Research Institute who are eager to make bioinformatics accessible and fun for everyone!
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Falling childhood asthma rates linked to declining use of unnecessary antibiotics
A recently released study shows asthma rates are falling thanks to efforts by physicians to avoid prescribing antibiotics to young children, except when necessary. The study shows that being prescribed antibiotics within the first 12 months of life is associated with almost double the risk of being diagnosed with asthma by age five.
Baseline study of cannabis poisonings in minors links smoking with drinking
Most cannabis poisoning incidents involving children resulted from the intentional use of cannabis combined with alcohol, illicit drugs and/or medication, new research suggests.
World leading COVID-19 research at BC Children’s Hospital & BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre
Dr. Srinivas Murthy, a critical care specialist who is also trained in infectious diseases and an investigator at BC Children’s Hospital, is leading new high-quality research on COVID-19 treatment to help Canadians and people around the world.
New study shows why TB vaccine can protect newborns from diseases other than TB
New research by Dr. Tobias Kollmann and colleagues identify why the tuberculosis (TB) vaccine is so effective at preventing newborn deaths from diseases other than TB
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