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Fasting may help ward off bacterial infections according to study in mice
Fasting before and during exposure to Salmonella enterica bacteria protects mice from developing a full-blown infection, in part due to changes in the animals’ gut microbiomes, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens by Dr. Bruce Vallance and colleagues at BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia (UBC).
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Announcing: Glenda MacQueen Summer Studentship award
BC Children’s Hospital is pleased to announce the 2021 Glenda MacQueen Summer Studentship in honour of Dr. Glenda MacQueen.
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Congratulations CIHR Spring 2021 Project Grant Recipients!
Congratulations to the BC Children’s and BC Women’s investigators who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grants Spring 2021 competition. Our research community received more than $6 million in new research grants.
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