In this episode of DocTalks, BC Children's Hospital investigator and vaccine safety scientist, Dr. Julie Bettinger, and family doctors, Dr. Birinder Narang and Dr. Baldev Sanghera, talk about the critical role doctors play in vaccine acceptance among patients.
New research tools can shed light on an understudied organ essential to our lives
The placenta is essential to a healthy start in life. Despite its importance, little is known about it, including why it might not develop properly, which can lead to long-term health issues. Dr. Alexander Beristain’s lab is investigating two state-of-the-art stem cell-based tools that model a human placenta to find answers that can positively impact children’s health.