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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - April 8, 2011) - "Rusts", a group of fungi that attack and damage plants and trees, cost the international agriculture and forestry sectors billions of...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 22, 2011) - There are over 7,000 known genetic diseases. Although each one is rare, as a group they have an enormous impact on the...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 23, 2011) - Local scientists supported by Genome BC have set a new standard for studying outbreaks of infectious disease by combining...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 22, 2011) - In a project supported by Genome BC, a Vancouver pediatric pathologist at the BC Cancer Agency/University of British...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 16, 2011) - Could a person's ability to make cholesterol be linked to antisocial behaviour? Two local scientists are exploring the genetic...

VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 24, 2011) - A University of Victoria researcher hopes to change the nature of testing for heart disease, cancer and drug toxicity using a...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 5, 2011) - Dr. Alan Winter, President and CEO of Genome British Columbia today announced the appointment of Dr. Brad Popovich as Chief...