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Could chicken eggs help revolutionize cancer treatment for children?

Posted onJanuary 17, 2024

UBC’s Dr. James Lim is part of a research team helping to bring new hope to children battling hard-to-treat cancers.


Unlike adult cancers, which are often linked to lifestyle and environmental risk factors, the cause of many childhood cancers remains unknown.

And while advances in research and care have greatly improved chances of survival, cancer remains the second-leading cause of non-accidental death among children in Canada….

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