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Research team explores 'paradigm shift' for treating orphan diseases

A Cumming School of Medicine collaboration is leading to a promising treatment option for people with primary biliary cholangitis. Abdel Aziz Shaheen, left, a gastroenterolist and epidemiologist, worked with Mark Swain, a liver specialist and clinician scientist, to make this discovery.

Antidepressant could be promising treatment for a serious liver disease, UCalgary research study discovers

Researchers at the Cumming School of Medicine will study the body of elite marathoner Dave Proctor during his 7,200-kilometre run across Canada this summer. Using cardiac MRI, the researchers will monitor the size, shape and function of Proctor's heart.

Taking it to the extreme: UCalgary scientists team up with ultramarathoner for research study

UCalgary part of Canadian collaboration to solve genetic mysteries