Childhood Diseases
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Vriti Bhagat awarded Vanier scholarship for diabetes research
Diabetes is a disease in which the body either can’t produce insulin (type 1), or the insulin the pancreas does produce doesn’t work well (type 2). This chronic condition affects over half a billion people worldwide, including 5.7 million Canadians, and can lead to complications such as stroke, blindness and amputation. People with diabetes need…
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Air pollution and agricultural pesticides associated with high incidence of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease in B.C.
Agricultural pesticides and fine particulate matter air pollution were associated with geographical hotspots for pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the province, according to a study by BC Children’s Hospital researchers recently published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology.
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Congratulations CIHR Spring 2023 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 2023 Project Grant competition. Our research community received around $8 million in new research grants as principal…
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