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OPTIMISE trial seeks to personalize cancer treatment for children with high-risk tumours
Precision oncology trial to investigate genomics-guided therapies for children, adolescents and young adults with hard-to-treat cancers.
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Children with chronic medical conditions at greater risk of hospitalization from RSV
In a recent study, published in JAMA Network Open, researchers at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR), The University of British Columbia (UBC), and the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) found that most children with chronic medical conditions face a significantly higher risk for hospitalization due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in their first two…
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Surviving sickle cell disease
Today, June 19, is World Sickle Cell Awareness Day. Sickle cell disease is a genetically inherited disorder in which hemoglobin — the molecule that carries oxygen in red blood cells — clumps together, leading to misshapen red blood cells that form a sickle or crescent moon shape. In Canada, it is estimated that there are more than…
