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Oncology & Cancer

Harnessing the power of viruses to kill cancers

In the global hunt for both a cure and cancer treatments, researchers are finding it may be the very viruses we try to shield ourselves against that hold great promise in fighting the deadly disease.

Vaccination

Vaccines: How we make them, how they work, why we need them

Between the coughing, sneezing, stuffy noses and watery eyes, it's clear that we're in the midst of cold and flu season, which serves as an annual reminder of the critical role vaccines play in the fight against the spread ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Getting to the heart of sex and love

Every which way you turn in our culture, you'll find representations of sex and loveā€”even if you're not necessarily looking for them.

Pediatrics

Lab builds mock MRI machine to prep kids for studies

When researchers in Dalhousie's NeuroCognitive Imaging Lab (NCIL) designed a huge, two-year reading comprehension study involving approximately 100 children from grades two and three, they faced a major challenge. They had ...

Oncology & Cancer

Zebrafish research tests safer, less toxic cancer therapies

Two new cancer studies out of Dalhousie Medical School have shown success in testing safer, less toxic treatments for a rare form of pediatric leukemia called T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia (T-ALL). The studies were published ...

Oncology & Cancer

Device enhances radiation therapies

For many cancer patients, going through radiation therapy can be an incredibly stressful and time-consuming process. Dalhousie's Dr. James Robar wants to change that by providing health practitioners with an in-house tool ...

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