Bo Lan,* Linhong Deng,* Graham M. Donovan, Leslie Y. M. Chin, Harley T. Syyong, Lu Wang, Jenny Zhang, Christopher D. Pascoe, Brandon A. Norris, Jeffrey C.-Y. Liu, Nicholas E. Swyngedouw, Saleha M. Banaem, Peter D. Paré, and Chun Y. Seow Bioengineering College, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China; Department of Mathematics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Department of Medicine...

1 Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver BC, Canada V5Z 1L3 2 Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Vancouver BC, Canada V5Z 4H4 3 Genome Stability Laboratory, CHU de Québec Research Center, HDQ Pavilion, Oncology Axis, 9 McMahon, Québec City, QC G1R 2J6, Canada 4 Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry and Pathology; Laval University Cancer Research Center, Q...

Robarts Research Institute and Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada; Adult Metabolic Disease Clinic, Department of Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, UBC, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia, UBC, Vancouver, British Columbia, ...

background : inappropriate use of vancomycin not only increase health care costs but also contribute to the emergence of resistant organisms. higher trough serum vancomycin concentrations (>10mg/l) has been recommended for avoidance of development of resistance. we aim to compare the administered dose with recommended doses based on guideline-recommended weight-based dosing. methods : in a cros...

During 1999, the eastern portion of Vancouver Island, British Columbia began experiencing an outbreak of a rare cryptococcal disease previously known to exist only in tropical and sub-tropical regions. It is thought that this outbreak on Vancouver Island is the world’s largest outbreak of cryptococcosis ever identified. It is not yet understood how this pathogen, widely regarded as a “tropical”...

M. Krausz1,2,4; M. Vogel3; M. Nikoo1 1Institute of Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, BC, Canada; 2School of Public and Population Health, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, BC, Canada; 3Division of Substance Use Disorders, Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel; 4Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, Uni...

1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Iowa Children’s Hospital, Iowa City; 2Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC; 3Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City; 4Department of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City; 5Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; and 6Division of He...

From the Department of Dermatology and Skin Science, University of British Columbia, and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute — both in Vancouver, Canada; and the Department of Dermatology, New York University, New York. Address reprint requests to Dr. Shapiro at the Department of Dermatology and Skin Science, University of British Columbia, 835 W. 10th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E8, Canada.

An international conference of transplant physicians, surgeons, and allied health professionals was held in Vancouver, Canada, on September 15 and 16, 2005 to address the care of the live lung, liver, pancreas, and intestine organ donor. The Vancouver Forum was convened under the auspices of the Ethics Committee of The Transplantation Society. Forum participants included over 100 leaders in org...

Ernest Urbanovich • Ella E. Young • Martin L. Puterman • Sidney O. Fattedad The Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia, PO Box 5350, Station Terminal, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6B 5L5 Marsh Canada Limited, 1300-510 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 3J2 Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, University of British Columbia, 2053 Main Mall, Vanco...