David MacDonald

Overview: Clinical and X-ray presentations of the most frequent/important disease affecting the face and jaws, and how they differ between communities around the world. The purpose of this is to enhance their management by clinicians working in these communities or treating patients from them.

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First-of-its-kind pan-Canadian trial to treat baby brain cancers without radiation

The DECRYPT-BABYBRAIN clinical trial brings together leading paediatric centres coast-to-coast to pioneer a radiation-free approach to treat rare and aggressive brain cancers in babies. Dr. Sylvia Cheng is the lead for BC Children's Hospital.

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Stem cell engineering breakthrough paves way for next-generation living drugs

BCCHR and UBC researchers discover how to grow specialized immune cells for more accessible off-the-shelf cell therapies to treat cancer, autoimmune disorders and more.

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The Year of the Treg: The latest discoveries by the Levings lab

Dr. Megan Levings and her team have recently published two papers on the very different functions and uses of regulatory T cells (Tregs). Tregs are immune cells that help to rein in immune responses to ensure that they don’t go too far and begin harming healthy tissues in their pursuit of foreign invaders.

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Congratulations to the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 was awarded to Dr. Mary E. Brunkow, Dr. Fred Ramsdell, and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance. BCCHR's Dr. Megan Levings reflects on the significance of this area of research and how these immune cells could develop treatments for numerous diseases such as type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, organ rejection, and more.

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A new dawn for Childhood CNS tumours: Q&A with Dr. Sylvia Cheng

For Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we sat down to talk to Dr. Cheng about her work and what the future looks like for children with central nervous system tumours.

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