The BC-CfE’s Dr. Jeffrey Joy is leading a team of researchers in the fight against COVID-19.
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The federal government has provided researchers at the University of British Columbia with a total of $5.1 million in funding towards research on detecting, managing, and reducing the transmission of the COVID-19 coronavirus. UBC researchers were initially provided with $2.8 million on March 6, but that has since been topped off with an additional $2.3
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VANCOUVER — Multiple research teams out of a B.C. university are getting millions of dollars in funding from the federal government to propel their novel coronavirus research. The University of British Columbia announced Tuesday that five of its research teams are collectively getting $2.3 million from the federal government to continue their work on detecting,
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As a curious, keen problem solver who works to better understand HIV molecular virology, Hanwei Sudderuddin’s experiences with the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) have prepared him for his current work with the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE). After becoming intrigued with FHS professor Zabrina Brumme’s research upon listening to her speak as
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We are in a new era of HIV research and care. We have never known more about the virology of HIV. We also have an array of highly effective antiretroviral therapies which suppress HIV to undetectable levels, while extending the life expectancy of individuals with HIV to close to that of the general population. These
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BC-CfE shines spotlight on HIV cure research at Nanaimo community event
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Dr. Mark Brockman, a BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) Scientific Associate, recently presented at St. Paul’s Hospital as part of the BC-CfE’s Forefront Lecture series on the potential of using host T cells to eliminate the HIV viral reservoir. One of the principal challenges in achieving long-term ART-free HIV remission or a cure
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The fall HIV/ARV Update brought expert presentations about scientific findings on HIV decriminalization, phylogenetics, Indigenous health and more.
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On Sunday December 1, 2019, World AIDS Day, the Minister of Health Adrian Dix and the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) announced the end of AIDS as an epidemic in British Columbia (BC). The announcement was made along with the opening of the BC-CfE’s new laboratory on Powell Street. The new BC-CfE Research
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An American man who became the first person in history to successfully be cured of HIV spoke to a room full of scientists and patients in Vancouver Wednesday. Timothy Ray Brown had been HIV-positive for 11 years when he was diagnosed with leukemia in 2007. He had a stem cell transplant the following year. “It
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