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Health And Wellness, Science and Technology, Research

AI could lead to faster, better analysis of donated blood, study shows

18 December 2020

Laura Vega

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Health And Wellness, Research

ACE2 protein that prevents heart, lung and kidney disease in women also protects against severe COVID-19: study

17 December 2020

Gillian Rutherford

David Wishart sitting in front of computer

Health And Wellness, Science and Technology

Study identifies biomarkers that could be used in a quick, inexpensive COVID-19 blood screening tool

27 October 2020

Michael Brown

Close-up of device placed behind a woman's ear

Research, Health And Wellness, Business, Science and Technology

Wearable tech will help people manage multiple sclerosis

14 October 2020

Michael Brown

Jagdeesh Uppal portrait

Health And Wellness, Research

Identifying arsenic biomarkers could protect vulnerable populations from arsenic toxicity

13 October 2020

Toshifumi Yokota

Research, Health And Wellness

FDA approves new drug to treat common form of muscular dystrophy based on research from U of A scientist

8 October 2020

Ryan O'Byrne

Newborn baby sleeping

Research, Health And Wellness

Caesarean birth, prolonged labour influence infant gut bacteria, risk of childhood obesity and allergies: study

1 October 2020

Gavin Oudit with PhD candidates Hao Zhang and Anissa Viveiros in lab

Research, Health And Wellness

New ‘atlas’ of human heart cells first step toward precision treatments for heart disease

24 September 2020

Gillian Rutherford

Catherine Morgan with a pediatric patient

Research, Health And Wellness

Survivors of neonatal heart repair surgery face lifelong risk of kidney disease, high blood pressure: studies

15 September 2020

Gillian Rutherford

Biochemist Ing Swie Goping

Research, Health And Wellness

Protein causes mutations that lead to breast cancer cell aggression: study

8 September 2020

Adrianna MacPherson

Padma Kaul - Portrait

Health And Wellness, Research

Can diabetes screening improve the long-term health of women’s hearts?

21 August 2020

Kirsten Bauer

Physical therapy patient tries to walk with the help of a health professional

Research, Health And Wellness

U of A researchers find way to speed up nerve regrowth

19 August 2020

Adrianna MacPherson

Psychiatry professor Bo Cao

Research, Science and Technology, Health And Wellness

Researchers aim to use machine learning to improve diagnosis, treatment of mental illness

18 August 2020

Michael Brown

PhD student Ghazal Babolmorad on U of A campus

Health And Wellness, Research

Immune receptor thought to be linked to hearing loss in child cancer survivors confirmed in new study

14 August 2020

Yolanda Poffenroth & Mike Brown

Michelle Noga and Kumaradevan Punithakumar in the Servier Virtual Cardiac Laborator

Research, Health And Wellness

U of A researchers make real-time tumour tracking in radiation therapy five times faster

22 July 2020

Ryan O'Byrne

Frank Wuest

Health And Wellness, Science and Technology, Research

Researchers find more precise way to target tumours with anti-cancer drugs

2 July 2020

Adrianna MacPherson

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Research, Health And Wellness, Science and Technology

Unique biorepository stores samples from Alberta COVID-19 patients for future research

5 June 2020

Gillian Rutherford

Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation, a non-profit institute based at the U of A, is co-ordinating co-ordinating labs in Alberta to manufacture two drugs needed to put people on a ventilator. (Photo courtesy of API)

News

U of A pharmaceutical institute leads effort to fill looming hospital drug shortage

11 May 2020

Oncologist John Mackey (left) and cell biologist Luc Berthiaume are hoping to begin human clinical trials for a promising anti-cancer drug later this year, thanks to $5 million in new funding to Pacylex, the U of A spinoff company behind the drug. (Photo: Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry)

News

Cancer drug developed at University of Alberta funded for human trials

6 May 2020

A new research project will involve upgrading robots like MEDi (pictured) with artificial intelligence so they can detect a child’s state of mind during a hospital procedure and adapt their behaviour to provide distractions by singing, dancing or telling stories. (Photo: Supplied)

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Researchers aim to find out whether AI-enhanced robots can ease pain for kids in hospital

1 May 2020

U of A researchers Hasan Uludag (left) and Bindu Thapa are part of a team that developed a chemical compound that prompts cells to begin producing a protein that has been proven to kill tumour cells. Their study shows the combination of the compound and protein is more effective than the protein alone. (Photo: Daniel Schieman)

News

Cancer researchers find more effective way to deliver promising breast cancer treatment

30 April 2020

The ways we're staying in touch with loved ones during COVID-19 matter more than we might think, says a U of A researcher who is surveying Canadians to find out how they’re communicating while isolated. (Photo: Getty Images)

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New research aims to find out how different ways of communicating during pandemic affect our health and well-being

24 April 2020

U of A biomedical engineer Roger Zemp is leading research on imaging technology that uses ultraviolet light and sound to show surgeons whether they've completely removed cancerous tumours while the patient is still on the operating table. (Photo: Jimmy Jeong)

News

Non-invasive imaging technique could reduce need for repeat cancer surgeries

23 April 2020

U of A computing scientist Pierre Boulanger, who led development of the MedROAD virtual assessment tool, says it could allow doctors working from home to check in remotely with COVID-19 patients who are in isolation. (Photo: John Ulan)

News

Recently developed remote medical assessment tool could help flatten the COVID-19 curve

21 April 2020

48Hour Discovery, a U of A spinoff company founded three years ago by chemist Ratmir Derda (pictured), is using its propriety technology to sift through billions of molecules in search of promising compounds that might be effective against COVID-19. (Photo: John Ulan)

News

U of A spinoff company searches for antiviral compounds to treat COVID-19

14 April 2020

Matthias Götte (left) and Egor Tchesnikov are part of a research team that found remdesivir, a drug created to treat Ebola infection, is effective in stopping a key enzyme of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. (Photo: Melissa Fabrizio)

News

U of A virology lab finds drug originally meant for Ebola is effective against a key enzyme of coronavirus that causes COVID-19

13 April 2020

Using devices like pedometers or fitness-tracking watches can help less active people become more aware of their activity level and stick with exercise goals, according to a recent study. (Photo: Getty Images)

News

Fitness trackers help people stay active: study

13 March 2020

Family Carers

News

How can we sustain family carers’ capacity to care? What carers need and how technology can help provide it

27 February 2020

TeleRehab 2.0 uses wearable sensors, cameras and custom motion-capture software to collect data from patients in remote communities, which can then be sent to specialists in urban centres to provide accurate assessments. (Photo: Codie McLachlan)

News

New U of A project helps rural Albertans access rehabilitation medicine services

25 February 2020

Google's Home voice assistant device outperformed competing products from Amazon, Apple and Microsoft in providing relevant, reliable first aid information, but the technology isn't yet ready to replace a 911 call in an emergency, according to a new U of A study. (Photo: Getty Images)

News

Virtual assistants provide disappointing advice when asked for first aid, emergency information: study

28 January 2020

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