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Pediatric Sepsis Data Challenge invites researchers to help develop a model to save lives
When the body’s immune system has an extreme response to an infection, it can cause organ dysfunction that leads to shock, multiple organ failure, and death. This life-threatening condition is known as sepsis, and is the leading cause of death among kids in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), such as Uganda. To help prevent more…
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Crafting beating heart cells to deliver personalized treatments for kids with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Imagine a heart, barely the size of a small fist, tirelessly filling and emptying 60 to 100 times a minute to pump blood throughout a child’s body. Now, imagine a section of that heart’s muscle — the space between the left and right ventricles — is thicker than it should be, making the heart beat…
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Congratulations CIHR Spring 2024 Project Grant recipients
Congratulations to the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR), Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI), and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) investigators and their teams who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Spring 2024 Project Grant competition. Several of our research community members received around $5 million in new research…
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