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Happy New Year!
This is a great opportunity for me to start the New Year with my first blog posting. Having been with the BC Cancer Foundation for …
Research at the BC Cancer Agency reveals unexpected distribution of DNA during cell division
An Agency discovery challenged scientific knowledge about what happens to DNA when cells divide. The new research shows that identical copies of chromosomes are …
Researchers discover how a chromosomal deletion may lead to bone marrow failure or leukemia
Researchers identified that a loss of either one of two micro-RNAs (a type of molecule, similar to DNA) can lead to a type of …
$1.27 million raised at BC Cancer Foundation’s Inspiration Gala “with a little help from our friends”
October 23, 2009, Vancouver, B.C. - The 2009 Inspiration Gala raised $1.27 million for the BC Cancer Foundation and colorectal cancer research at the …
Thrifty Foods joins campaign to Inspire the World
October 22, 2009, Victoria, B.C. - Thrifty Foods has announced a donation of $300,000 to the BC Cancer Foundation’s Inspire the World campaign to …
BC Generations Project will help researchers learn more about how environmental exposures, lifestyle and genetic makeup contribute to the development of cancer and other chronic diseases
The BC Generations Project was launched as part of the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow, a 30-year national study to collect health information and biological …
Agency researchers decoded all three billion letters in the DNA sequence of a metastatic lobular breast cancer tumour
For the first time in history, Agency researchers decoded all three billion letters in the DNA sequence of a metastatic lobular breast cancer tumour …
Major breast cancer breakthrough announced at BC Cancer Agency
October 7, 2009, Vancouver, B.C., Canada – For the first time in history, BC Cancer Agency scientists in British Columbia, Canada have decoded all …
Researcher find the spelling mistake in the genetic code that causes a type of ovarian cancer
OvCaRe researchers discovered that there appears to be a single mutation in the genetic code of granulosa cell tumours – a rare and often …
New study identifies a protein that makes breast cancer cells more invasive
Agency researchers, in collaboration with international researchers, identified the important role that the protein YB-1 plays in breast cancer metastasis. The protein slows or …