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Common cold
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Dr. Robin Parks awarded $790,000 from CIHR to study common cold virus
December 16, 2015 - An average person will suffer around 400 colds in his or her lifetime and these colds account for 40% of all workplace absenteeism. Colds can also have much more serious consequences in people with compromised immune systems, as well as the very youn
Researchers
Name
Scientific appointment
Diseases, conditions and populations of interest
Research and clinical approaches
Parks, Robin
Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
(Regenerative Medicine)
Brain and neuromuscular disease
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Cancer
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Common cold
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Muscular dystrophy
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Neuromuscular disease
Gene therapy
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Molecular and cellular biology
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Viral therapy
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