Fat cells may influence how the body reacts to heart failure
Reading Time: 3 minutes Promising results in mice open door to new areas of research in treating patients with heart…
Potential new treatments for cardiovascular disease
Reading Time: 3 minutes Researchers have identified a new mechanism responsible for the buildup of plaque on artery walls, a…
World’s Longest Hockey Game moving cancer research closer to goal
Reading Time: 5 minutes Annual fundraising effort to support clinical trial of precision drug developed at U of A
New way identified to track severity and progression of ALS
Reading Time: 4 minutes By identifying biomarkers for white-matter degeneration, researchers hope to move toward earlier diagnosis and effective treatments
FDA approves new cardiovascular drug based on study at U of A
Reading Time: 2 minutes Vericiguat, which was shown to reduce risk of cardiovascular death and heart failure, passes final regulatory…
Collaboration key to solving medicine’s thorniest problems
Reading Time: 5 minutes For Khaled Barakat, a focus on teamwork and patient needs has led to breakthroughs in the…
New treatment for blood cancer developed
Reading Time: 2 minutes U of A research sets the stage for imminent human trials of B-cell lymphoma treatment
New drug to treat muscular dystrophy based on U of A research
Reading Time: 3 minutes Created using synthetic DNA, viltolarsen is an excellent example of precision medicine
Antiviral drug remdesivir offers second mechanism of attack
Reading Time: 3 minutes Understanding how the conditionally approved COVID-19 drug works is key to improving treatments, says U of…
National pharmacare will be very expensive and likely unnecessary
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Trudeau government must exercise prudence and target assistance to Canadians with the greatest need