Organization: Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute

UBC and partners sign major licensing deal with Roche

The Univ of British Columbia has completed its largest licensing agreement to date for a promising treatment for advanced prostate cancer. The agreement with Roche, a Basel, Switzerland-based multinational, was signed by UBC and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute which co-host the Vancouver Prostate Centre where the new drug technology was developed and is…

BC government invests in prostate cancer research

The Vancouver Prostate Centre (VPC) has received a $5-million grant to further research for new treatments to control the progression of prostate cancer. The VPC is a centre of excellence jointly operated by the Univ of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. Prostate cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths among…

PrioNet researchers find link between prions and ALS

Researchers associated with PrioNet Canada have discovered a key link between prions and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (als) or Lou Gehrig’s Disease. The research team from the Univ of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute found that the SODI protein exhibits prion-like properties and participates in a process called template-directed misfolding. The discovery is…

New Global Virus Network has Vancouver node

Vancouver’s Brain Research Centre (BRC) will be home to the neurovirology division of the Global Virus Network (GVN), a new independent organization involving 25 countries ratified in an early March meeting in Washington. GVN is dedicated to creating an international network of virus experts to identify new and emerging viruses, build collaborative research alliances, train…