Evidence to Innovation
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Young children with cancer face an especially high risk of hearing loss from chemotherapy drug
The chemotherapy drug cisplatin is an effective cancer treatment for many children with the disease, but it can also cause permanent hearing loss. Results from a new study show that the hearing of very young children is impacted early during treatment and is affected to a greater extent than that of older children. This is…
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Research Roundup: August 2021
Welcome to this month’s Research Roundup, a recurring overview of recent studies published by researchers at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) and the University of British Columbia, and their collaborators.
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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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