AllerGen researcher Dr. Michael Kobor has been awarded a Canada Research Chair in Social Epigenetics. Dr. Kobor is an associate professor in the Department of Medical Genetics at The University of British Columbia (UBC) and an expert in epigenetics—the relationship …
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In a recent Global News interview, AllerGen researchers Dr. Paul Keith and Dr. Susan Waserman addressed the rise of food allergies in Canada and highlighted the potential causes. Dr. Keith, an allergist and president of the Canadian Society of Allergy …
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Physicians can help their patients with asthma by recommending ways to reduce their individual exposure to air pollution, according to a new publication by AllerGen researchers, Drs Michelle North, Anne Ellis and Chris Carlsten, and co-author Dr. Neil Alexis. The …
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Dr. Meghan Azad recently interviewed the scientist who risked his health to prove his theory about the link between stomach ulcers and the bacterium Helicobacter pylori. Read the interview here.
A new study involving several AllerGen researchers has found that more than 10% of siblings of children with peanut allergies have never been introduced to peanuts, and siblings born after the diagnosis of a peanut allergic child are more likely …
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Dr. Allan Becker, Professor of Allergy & Clinical Immunology at the University of Manitoba and AllerGen investigator, discusses the signs and symptoms of anaphylactic reactions, and what to do in the case of an anaphylactic reaction in a new online …
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The Stanford Alliance for Food Allergy Research (SAFAR)/AllerGen Research Fellowship will co-fund a $50,000 award for a Canadian investigator (PhD or MD) with an interest in the prevention and treatment of severe food allergies to pursue academic research training with …
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Dr. Paul Keith, an AllerGen investigator and president of the CSACI (Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology), recently discussed anaphylaxis and the role of banning foods in schools with SquareOff, a Hamilton-based daily news show. “What you have to …
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AllerGen’s Allergy and Asthma Portal (AAP)—a unique, web-accessible database that houses over 900 biomolecular interactions relevant to allergy and asthma—is now open to the public. The AAP is the first resource of its kind and is available for use by allergy and …
AllerGen investigator Anita Kozyrskyj is a contributor to “Microbirth”—a new documentary that examines how modern birth practices may be interfering with the “seeding” of a baby’s microbiome. The documentary interviews prominent scientists from the UK and North America about the …
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Anaphylaxis Canada has launched a new online course to help teachers, administrators and educational staff to keep allergic students safe at school. Anaphylaxis in Schools: What Educators Need to Know is a free, bilingual resource available to schools across the …
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AllerGen researchers have found that Canadians with lower education and new Canadians (individuals who immigrated to Canada within the last 10 years) have fewer food allergies than the general population. The researchers collected data from 5,734 households, representing over 15,000 …
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