Industry & Policy News

[UBC Faculty of Medicine] Seven members of the UBC Faculty of Medicine are among 48 new Fellows elected into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences for 2023.

[Brain Canada Foundation (Globe Newswire)] The Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research program aims to accelerate novel and transformative research that will fundamentally change our understanding of nervous system function and dysfunction and their impact on health.

[Fierce Biotech] The 2023 winners of the top prizes in biomedical research are emblematic of one of the driving forces of the field: to help see the unseen.

[Nature] Base editing, which makes specific changes to a cell’s genome, is put to the test in CAR-T-cell treatments for leukemia. The first participant had been treated using immune cells with four base-edited genes, equipping the cells to better target and destroy tumors.

[Penn Today] In the decades since June began his CAR T cell research, the field has grown exponentially, with hundreds of CAR T cell clinical trials now in progress worldwide.

[UC Davis Health] Researchers at UC Davis Health have infused their first Wilson Disease patient with a gene therapy as part of a groundbreaking new clinical trial. The treatment has the potential to address the underlying cause of the disease.