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Health And Wellness, Research

Self-sterilizing dental fillings could replace mercury-based amalgam

U of A lab leads efforts to develop innovative self-disinfecting polymers to fill cavities.

July 31, 2026

Gillian Rutherford

Society and Culture, Science and Technology, Health And Wellness, Business, Research

U of A researchers receive nearly $8 million in new funding from SSHRC

Research projects will tackle major societal shifts including AI, climate adaptation and more.

July 21, 2026

Sean Townsend

Health And Wellness, Research

Peptide alternative to antibiotics could combat antimicrobial resistance crisis

Researchers aim to treat bacterial and fungal infections with new approach.

June 23, 2026

Gillian Rutherford

Research

U of A researcher's paper becomes the second ever featured in prestigious journal

Dr. Shokrollah Elahi has published an invited review article in the prestigious journal Nature Reviews Immunology. This exclusive, invitation-only publication marks a major milestone, representing only the second paper from a University of Alberta researcher since the journal’s inception in 2001.

June 04, 2026

News

New grants support cutting edge dental research at the University of Alberta

Drs. Khaled Altabtbaei and Prasanna Neelakantan recently received NFRF-E grants to support their labs and research.

Health And Wellness, Science and Technology, Research, Society and Culture

U of A researchers receive $1.5M to explore frontiers in health and energy

New federal funding supports interdisciplinary projects from hydrogen production and bionic limbs to land-based learning and self-sterilizing dental fillings.

May 13, 2026

Sean Townsend

News

Oral cancer screening in general practice: What actually matters in 2026

Oral cancer is uncommon in general dental practice, but missed diagnoses carry significant consequences.

April 02, 2026

Health And Wellness, Research

Women are three times more likely than men to get severe long COVID: Here’s why

New U of A research reveals underlying mechanisms of how long COVID affects women and men differently.

November 07, 2025

Gillian Rutherford

Business, Science and Technology, Health And Wellness, Research, Society and Culture

Antidepressants show promise for alleviating jaw pain

Antidepressants that affect both serotonin and norepinephrine found to relieve chronic pain from temporomandibular disorders.

October 23, 2025

Adrianna MacPherson

Research, Health And Wellness

Ultrasound investigated as safer and cheaper way to diagnose juvenile arthritis

U of A team uses AI to help with imaging of temporomandibular joints, often the first joints affected.

April 03, 2025

Gillian Rutherford

Science and Technology, Health And Wellness, Research

Research reveals new clues to the mysteries of long COVID

Three groundbreaking studies pinpoint immune cells and proteins linked with the lingering condition — and suggest a possible cause.

October 28, 2024

Don Bell

Research, Health And Wellness

The sickest long COVID patients face symptoms identical to chronic fatigue syndrome

Telltale amino acid deficiencies may hold the key to new treatments, say researchers.

February 08, 2024

Gillian Rutherford