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Rescued from the rubbish bin: How the thymus could stop organ transplant rejection
For more than two decades, BC Children’s Hospital researcher Dr. Megan Levings has been immersed in the complex world of very specialized immune system cells — regulatory T cells. She was the first in the world to show these unique white blood cells could be a powerful new therapy to stop harmful immune responses. Now…
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It takes a village: Supporting youth mental health in the pandemic recovery period
Adya experienced her bleakest moments in Grade 9, back in February 2021. She’d been called lazy and weak in front of 30 of her peers, and the depression that had overtaken her since the start of the school year during the COVID-19 pandemic — with its social isolation — deepened.
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National Physicians’ Day: Q&A with Dr. Amanda Li and Cherry Mammen
Today is National Physicians’ Day, an opportunity to recognize the extraordinary people who choose to serve in the profession of medicine.
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