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Science Spotlight on IMAGINE: Diagnosing genetic and metabolic causes of cerebral palsy
October 6 is World Cerebral Palsy Day. There are more than 17 million people across the world living with cerebral palsy (CP). It is the most common physical disability in childhood.
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Congratulations to the 2022 UBC Faculty of Medicine Award recipients!
Each year, the University of British Columbia faculty of medicine recognizes faculty and staff members for excellence in teaching, research, administration, innovation and public service.
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Time to diagnosis for malignant central nervous system tumours does not determine survival
After Dr. Sylvia Cheng treated an 8-year-old girl with a brain tumour, the girl’s parents asked the BC Children’s Hospital researcher and oncologist whether an earlier diagnosis of their daughter’s medulloblastoma, the most common type of childhood brain cancer, would have made a difference.
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