BC Women’s Hospital’s Preemie Biobank is the first of its kind in Canada.
Dr. Pascal Lavoie is a neonatologist and the driving force behind the biobank, which has been able to focus on health issues unique to pre-term babies, including their vulnerability to infection.
“There is no way you’re going to understand this by studying an adult immune system,” Lavoie said. “Babies are different, their cells react differently. That’s why cord blood is vital.”
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We would like to address some of the feedback we’ve received regarding the COVID-19 in schools study, the results of which suggest that the risk of school staff acquiring SARS-CoV-2 in schools is no greater than those who don’t work in schools.
Researchers from BC Children’s Hospital, the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health have found the risk of school staff acquiring SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in schools is no greater than for those who don’t work in schools.
