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University of Alberta researcher Patti Parker may have discovered an upside to the social isolation that has accompanied remote learning during the global pandemic: it turns out to be ideal conditions for pursuing research on…

Giving severely ill COVID-19 patients a transfusion of blood from donors who have already recovered from the virus did not help them improve — and in some cases made them sicker, according to a major Canadian-led clinical trial reporting…

Kevin Uzomechine says his fascination with technology began as a youngster transfixed by the brief static blue text on his TV set that read “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.” By the time the large blocks of unabashed yellow text…

The term “moral injury” is relatively recent in our understanding of trauma.When Canada’s Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire led United Nations peacekeeping troops in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi that took a million…

A University of Alberta researcher is developing an inventive solution to a problem plaguing health-care research around the world: how to make data-driven decisions without compromising the privacy of personal medical records.Dean…

Vaccine makers, medical researchers and pharmaceutical companies now have a new full-service option to get their products manufactured in Canada, thanks to a partnership announced today.The U of A’s Alberta Cell Therapy Manufacturing…

An immunological molecule called fractalkine can boost the production of brain cells that produce myelin, a key factor in diseases such as multiple sclerosis, according to recent research from the University of Alberta.Myelin is an…

And just like that… we’re back! We are heading into yet another “unique” year. This year won't be anything like Fall 2020 as most of us will be able to resume in-person activities on campus, but it certainly won't be like Fall 2019…

As with many expatriates, it took leaving home for Lloyd (Meadhbh) Houston to see their country with clear eyes.“I wanted to escape,” said Houston of the town of Holywood, in which they grew up, about 15 minutes from Belfast.“One of the…

A Selection Committee for the Dean, Faculté Saint-Jean is being established by the Provost and Vice-President (Academic). General Faculties Council (GFC) is calling for applications by interested Academic Staff members to fill the…