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Read MoreResearchers at the BC Cancer Agency’s Terry Fox Laboratory discovered that chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) stem cells spontaneously develop resistance to Gleevec, possibly due …
An Agency study found that cells from a common childhood cancer behave much differently when placed in liquid suspension compared to how they grow …
Researchers discovered that blood stem cells undergo a rapid change from fetal to adult blood stem cells, early in life. This may lead to …
Researchers at the Agency and Johns Hopkins University discovered that genetic defects in telomeres — a protective “cap” at the end of chromosomes — …
An Agency study engineered a molecule that blocked the growth of prostate cancer and shrank the size of the tumour. This sets the stage …
Agency researchers were part of an international team that isolated a unique stem cell population from normal adult breast tissue. This was the first …
The Agency’s new $95 million, Research Centre, funded partly by BC Cancer Foundation donors, opened in Vancouver. It received Canada’s first LEED Gold designation …
Researchers published findings in the journal Immunity about the activity of a protein, SHIP, which regulates how we respond to microbial infections and inflammation-inducing …
Researchers discovered a gene whose existence may explain the ability of cancer tumours to grow and thrive. The research brings to light new information …
The Agency's Genome Sciences Centre, the BC Centre for Disease Control and the Animal Health Centre, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, completed the …
