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Public health community calls on party leaders to create a healthier Alberta

Josh McQuillin is making plans for an overseas vacation after receiving life-changing gene therapy. He is the first person in Canada to receive a direct intravenous injection gene replacement to treat urea cycle disorder, thanks to a research study led by Aneal Khan, right. Photos by Riley Brandt, University of Calgary

New clinical trial unit performs Canada's first gene therapy for urea cycle disorder

John Conly is co-leading a strategy to bring down the number of cases of hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, using probiotics. C. diff infections can be devastating for those who have it and are an enormous burden on health systems. Photo by Michael Wood, O'Brien Institute for Public Health

UCalgary researchers partner with AHS to tackle dangerous bug in hospitals

Community health navigators are helping patients along the path to better self-care. From left: community health navigators Syeda Afreen and Suzanne Evanson, a third-year student in UCalgary's Faculty of Social Work, with Rachel Clare, manager of the Community Health Navigation Services program at the Mosaic Primary Care Network, and Kerry McBrien, an assistant professor at the Cumming School of Medicine who helped develop the program. Photo by Michael Wood, O'Brien Institute for Public Health

Community Health Navigation program puts Calgary patients in the driver's seat

Jeroen De Buck, associate professor, bacteriology, in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and PhD student Marija Drikic have developed a quick and portable way to test humans and animals for different types of chronic and infectious diseases.

New diagnostic method makes testing for infections in people and animals quick and easy

High-containment lab raises sand flies to investigate global health issue

Study reveals connection between microbiome and autoimmune disorders

UCalgary researchers identify a molecule responsible for activating pain-sensing nerves

McCaig Institute researchers Steven Boyd and Janet Ronsky at the newly opened centre for Mobility and Joint Health. Photos by Don Molyneaux for the University of Calgary

New $13.2-million bone and joint health research facility opens at Cumming School of Medicine

Researchers join forces to reduce steroid use by Crohn's and colitis patients