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Study: Treatment for peanut allergy safest when started early for infants
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 16 (ANI): UBC researchers demonstrated in 2019 that pre-schoolers can safely overcome peanut allergies with a treatment called oral immunotherapy. Now they have evidence that the earlier pre-schoolers start this treatment, the better.
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Modern microbiome rising due to professional 'guilds' of bacteria: Researc
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 27 (ANI): According to new research from University of British Columbia (UBC) biologists, even the smallest marine invertebrates are home to distinct and diverse microbial communities or microbiomes.
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AARC, 3R WASTE and UNCRD discuss Industry best practises and challenges to
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI/NewsVoir): Action Alliance for Recycling Beverage Cartons (AARC), 3R WASTE foundation and United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) joined forces to discuss the best practises and challenges faced by industry to recycle beverage cartons and use
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Study suggests spending time in nature promotes early childhood developmen
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 21 (ANI): If you want your child to hit their expected developmental milestones, then new UBC research suggests that living in areas with high exposure to greenspace can help set them up for success.
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Study explores impact of kindness on campus
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 21 (ANI): A new study by UBC Okanagan researchers suggest that a small act of kindness can go a long way towards bolstering student health and wellness.
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When bosses are rude, how employees interpret their motives makes a differ
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): A new UBC Sauder School of Business study showed that depending on how employees understand their boss' motivation, employees can feel anger or guilt, and consequently, react differently to abusive supervision.
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Parental consumption impacts how teens perceive, use cannabis: Study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kelowna [Canada], May 20 (ANI): During a recent study, a team of UBC Okanagan researchers found that kids who grow up in homes where parents consume cannabis will more than likely use it themselves.
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Researchers develop breakthrough design that vastly improves mechanical he
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kelowna [Canada], January 26 (ANI): A team of researchers at UBCO's Heart Valve Performance Lab (HVPL) has developed a way to improve overall blood flow through the valves, so the design of mechanical heart valves will more closely match the real thing.
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Research highlights importance of forgotten organ in ensuring healthy preg
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 28 (ANI): An international research team led by the University of British Columbia (UBC) has uncovered for the first time the importance of a small gland tucked behind the sternum that works to prevent miscarriage and diabetes in pregnant women.
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Study focuses on new treatment possibilities for young women diagnosed wit
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 30 (ANI): A new treatment possibility for people diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of ovarian cancer has been found by a team of researchers at the BC Cancer Research Institute and the University of British Columbia (UBC).
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New treatment possibilities for young women diagnosed with rare form of ov
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 27 (ANI): A recent finding by researchers at the BC Cancer Research Institute and the University of British Columbia (UBC) may offer a new treatment possibility for people diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of ovarian cancer.
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Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 3 (ANI): A large number of the valley networks scarring Mars' surface were carved by water melting beneath glacial ice, not by free-flowing rivers as previously thought, according to a new study by Western and UBC researchers.
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