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February 16 2011
Donnelly Centre researchers hit home run with "Green Monster" technology The Green Monster is the nickname of the thirty-seven foot, three-inch (11.3 m) high left field wall at Fenway Park, home to the Boston Red Sox baseball team.
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April 30 2010
International Barcode of Life project gets major funding boost The Canada-led International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project has received pledges for new support totaling $35 million its major supporters, which raises its total support from to $80 million.
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April 20 2010
New NSERC funding for biopharmaceutical network The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) is granting $5 million over five years to create a strategic alliance known as MabNet.
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April 20 2010
Trent professor awarded Ontario Research Chair in Green Chemistry and Engineering Trent University’s Dr. Suresh Narine, an internationally renowned expert in the groundbreaking field of biomaterials, has been awarded one of two $1.25 million Ontario Research Chairs in Green Chemistry and Engineering by the Ontario Research Chairs Selection Panel.
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March 26 2010
University of Calgary researchers unlock gene secrets of opium poppy Researchers at the University of Calgary have discovered the unique genes that allow the opium poppy to make codeine and morphine thus opening doors to alternate methods of producing these effective painkillers either by manufacturing them in a lab or controlling the production of these compounds in the plant.
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February 16 2010
Genome BC collaborates with Chile and Norway to sequence salmon genome The economically important, environmentally sensitive Atlantic salmon species will have its genome fully sequenced thanks to an international collaboration involving researchers, funding agencies and industry from Canada, Chile and Norway.
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December 03 2009
BC scientists first in world to decode genetic evolution of a breast cancer tumor Scientists in British Columbia have, in a world first, decoded all of the three billion letters in the DNA sequence of a metastatic lobular breast cancer tumour. The scientists found all of the mutations that caused the cancer to spread.
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October 19 2009
Ontario students complete OGI summer research fellowships in genomics Six undergraduate students from across Ontario have successfully completed their summer research projects as part of the Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) Summer Research Fellowship Program.
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September 10 2009
Ottawa diabetes researchers investigate immune response to wheat By: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Scientists at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and the University of Ottawa have discovered what may be an important clue to the cause of type 1 diabetes. Dr. Fraser Scott and his team tested 42 people with type 1 diabetes and found that nearly half had an abnormal immune response to wheat proteins. The study was published in the August 2009 issue of the journal Diabetes. |
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September 10 2009
MethylGene and Otsuka to continue development of proprietary kinase inhibitors for ocular diseases By: Canada News Wire
MethylGene Inc. announces that Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has extended its funded research collaboration with MethylGene for the development of novel, small molecule, kinase inhibitors for the local delivery and treatment of ocular diseases, excluding cancer, for an additional six months. |
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September 09 2009
Biologics set to dominate – but will Canada participate? By Brad Thompson
According to some expert forecasters, in five years, six of the top ten drugs will be biologics. |
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August 28 2009
The Omics generation on Facebook Building on the success of their send-a-gene feature on Facebook, Genome Alberta has launched a new GenOmics Facebook application built on the NewsCloud Social Media Toolkit.
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July 14 2009
Top Honour in National Biotech Competition Extraordinary teenage scientists from across Canada competed for top honours in the final national 2009 competition of the Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge. Awards totaling $16,000, including a prize for the project with the most commercial potential, were announced by the National Research Council.
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July 14 2009
Chemical Fingerprint Of Barrett’s Esophagus Identified Canadian Light Source (CLS) staff scientist Luca Quaroni and Dr. Alan Casson, head of the Department of Surgery at the University of Saskatchewan have used the synchrotron’s infrared microscope to identify tissue afflicted with a condition known as Barrett’s Esophagus from chemical fingerprints associated with the disease, which can lead to esophageal cancer.
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July 14 2009
New collaborative research, led by Trent University and Ontario Researchers at the Ministry of Natural Resources have revealed the first example of hybridization in North American flying squirrels and suggests that hybridization between species may increase as a consequence of contemporary climate change.
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July 01 2009
Ontario invests in environmental research projects Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announces the province will invest in 16 projects to help graduate students carry out research in a wide range of environmental issues through its Best In Science program.
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April 14 2009
Scientist navigates the Arctic from lab chair Stephen Braham will co-navigate the first road vehicle to cross the Arctic’s Northwest Passage – right from the comfort of his Simon Fraser University lab chair.
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March 19 2009
SFU fish research garners award Willie Davidson, a Simon Fraser University evolutionary geneticist, is one of two scientists receiving the 2009 Genome BC Award for Scientific Excellence.
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March 16 2009
NRC scientist named to Order of Canada Dr. Smith, director general of the NRC Institute for Biodiagnostics, is being recognized for his groundbreaking work in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and its global contributions to health care with an induction into the Order of Canada.
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February 18 2009
Canada's Genome Centres promote collaboration at International Conference Canada’s six genome centres demonstrated the power of partnerships by hosting their 2nd Annual Canadian Genomics Reception at the International Plant and Animal Genomics Conference in San Diego in January. More than 150 researchers, funders and other international stakeholders enjoyed Canadian hospitality and took advantage of the informal networking event.
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February 18 2009
Mutant gene puts South Asians at risk of heart disease Scientists have identified a mutant gene, which appears to increase the risk of heart failure in South Asians, putting 1% of the world’s population at risk.
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December 11 2008
Astronomers capture first images of another solar system The National Research Council Canada Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (NRC-HIA) and an international team of researchers became the first to capture images of three planets circling a star other than the Earth’s Sun.
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September 12 2008
UNB researchers receive $1 million to study effects of space weather Researchers at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton have received more than $1 million from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) for their research, which will provide information on space weather and improve the accuracy of navigation devices based on the Global Positioning System (GPS).
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August 14 2008
University of Toronto to acquire Canada's most powerful supercomputer from IBM The University of Toronto’s SciNet Consortium and IBM announce an agreement to build Canada’s most powerful and energy-efficient supercomputer.
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July 24 2008
Geologist finds clues to ancient chemistry of deep oceans Queen's researchers have moved another step closer to explaining changes in the chemistry of the deep oceans - and the sudden appearance of large animal fossils - more than 500 million years ago.
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July 11 2008
Biotanika and NRC team up in R&D initiative Biotanika and the National Research Council Canada (NRC) have signed a collaborative research agreement bridging expertise from the private company and federal R&D organization, and involving teams drawn from Quebec and Prince Edward Island.
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July 11 2008
Industry Leaders Select Resverlogix RVX-208 among 10 most promising drugs for partnering Resverlogix Corp. lead ApoA-I drug candidate, RVX-208 has been selected as one of the top 10 most promising cardiovascular disease drugs available for strategic partnering by an independent committee assembled by Windhover Information, a leading provider of business information products and services to senior executives in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries.
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July 11 2008
Allon Granted U.S. Patent for Lead Product in New Technology Platform Allon Therapeutics Inc. has been granted a United States patent covering composition, delivery and method of use for AL-309, the lead product candidate in the company's second neuroprotection technology platform, called Activity Dependent Neurotrophic Factor (ADNF).
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July 07 2008
Discovery of world’s first anti-microsporidian vaccine A team of researchers at the University of Prince Edward Island’s Atlantic Veterinary College has developed the world’s first vaccine that is effective against a destructive microsporidian parasite of salmon.
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July 07 2008
Adults missing available protection from serious disease New findings from a clinical trial coordinated at Queen’s show that women who survive breast cancer - the most common form of cancer among Canadian women - are more likely to die from other causes.
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July 07 2008
Stem Cell Therapeutics congratulates Dr. Samuel Weiss on his receipt of the Gairdner Award Dr. Samuel Weiss, director of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University of Calgary, receives the distinguished Gairdner Award.
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June 13 2008
Gold Leaf Awards honour biotech innovation and success BIOTECanada announces the 2008 winners of the prestigious Gold Leaf awards. Nominated and judged by biotech industry leaders, the awards honour companies and individuals who have demonstrated leadership, innovation and financial success in 2007.
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June 13 2008
Engineers awarded $1.28 million for automotive research Five engineering professors will receive a total of $1,288,125 over the next two years towards their automotive research. The funding comes from AUTO21, a national Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program and from industry and public-sector partners.
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June 06 2008
NSERC awards $14M to U of S research projects and scholarships Over the next five years, 96 University of Saskatchewan scientists will receive more than $12.6 million in discovery and equipment grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), while 104 U of S graduate students will receive $1.8 million in NSERC scholarships.
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May 30 2008
Discovery joins list of Canada's chemical breakthroughs Research into a ‘green’ chemical method for separating oil and water, by chemistry researcher Philip Jessop and his research team is highlighted by the Chemical Institute of Canada as one of the top Canadian Chemical Discoveries of the past 100 years.
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May 23 2008
The University of Ottawa receives more than $16 million in funding from NSERC Three hundred and six researchers and students at the University of Ottawa and its affiliate research institutions have received $16,748,144 million in grants and scholarships from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
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May 21 2008
Research centre to develop supermaterials for the aerospace industry The Honourable Michael M Fortier, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, on behalf of the Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for National Research Council Canada (NRC), has officially opened the McGill Aerospace Materials and Alloy Development Centre at the NRC Industrial Materials Institute in Boucherville, QC.
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May 21 2008
New findings for breast cancer survivors New findings from a clinical trial coordinated at Queen’s show that women who survive breast cancer - the most common form of cancer among Canadian women - are more likely to die from other causes.
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May 21 2008
Research project to capture valuable minerals from oil sands tailings and reduce emissions intensity An abundance of manufactured products including ceramic tiles and kitchenware, consumer electronics, medical appliances and paints may in the future include minerals extracted from oil sands tailings thanks to a $3.5-million grant from Alberta Energy to Titanium Corporation Inc.
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May 21 2008
Breakthrough technology makes charging batteries a walk in the park Simon Fraser University researchers have developed a new wearable technology that generates electricity from the natural motion of walking and promises to revolutionize the way we charge portable battery-powered devices.
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May 20 2008
Government funding for spread control of mountain pine beetle in Alberta An additional $2 million in funding has been announced to boost spread control of the mountain pine beetle in Alberta.
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May 20 2008
Rhodiola research nurtures new ag industry A $740,950 investment by AVAC Ltd. provides a healthy boost to an Alberta-grown project that will soon see Alberta farmers harvest their first crop of Rhodiola rosea, an ancient medicinal herb with an international reputation for strengthening the bodies of Olympic athletes and Russian Cosmonauts, said Susan Lutz, senior development officer for Functional Foods and Natural Health Products with Alberta Agriculture and Food.
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May 16 2008
MaRS Discovery District hosts ORCP Awards The MaRS Discovery District in Toronto played host to the annual Ontario Research Commercialization Program (ORCP) awards last week, honouring business innovators.
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May 15 2008
uOttawa receives more than $12 million in funding from CIHR for health sciences projects Thirty-one researchers at the University of Ottawa and its affiliate research institutions have received $12,134 millions in grants and scholarships from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
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May 15 2008
Scientists push for fresh embryos in stem cell research Governments worldwide should approve the use of fresh human embryos in stem cell research and should follow Canada’s guidelines for permitting the practice.
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May 09 2008
New facility to fuel research in medicinal chemistry A new research facility promises to significantly expand Simon Fraser University's medicinal chemistry capacity - and its role in health and life sciences.
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May 09 2008
New way to diagnose flu viruses and potentially prevent Influenza infection A ground-breaking study by a 17-year-old Ottawa student that demonstrated the potential of a new way to diagnose, and perhaps prevent, influenza has earned top national honours among 14 regional entries in the 2008 Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge (SABC), announced today at National Research Council Headquarters, Ottawa.
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May 09 2008
UNB chemist receives national award Jack Passmore, a chemistry professor at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, has been awarded the 2008 Alcan Award by the Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC).
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May 01 2008
Ontario Premier celebrates excellence with Innovation Awards The Ontario Premier celebrated innovative research with the 2008 Premier’s Award for Innovation last week in Toronto. Eliminating the use of harmful chemicals, defining the genetic factors underlying autism spectrum disorder and finding better ways to fight lung cancer were among the areas being awarded.
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April 25 2008
Outstanding Canadian innovators inducted into the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame Two remarkable scientists join 40 scientists and innovators recognized in the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame. This year’s inductees are geneticist Louis Siminovitch and physicist Richard E. Taylor.
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April 25 2008
TCP wins 2008 Facility of the Year Award At the 2008 Turnkey Conference, in Baltimore, MD, The Toronto Centre for Phenogenomics was presented with the prestigious Facility of the Year Award.
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April 18 2008
Five profs win Queen's top research award Five promising researchers, working in such diverse areas as the connection between pharmaceuticals and birth defects, the neural basis of eye movements and innovation in urban economies, are the 2008 recipients of the university's largest single research award.
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March 25 2008
Immunologists find better way to boost the immune system Immunologists have discovered how to manipulate the immune system to increase its power and protect the body from successive viral infections.
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March 25 2008
MBiotech students ace venture capital competition In their first appearance in a venture capital case competition featuring MBA students from U of T's business school, a team from U of T Mississauga's MBiotech program took top honours.
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March 25 2008
SFU alumnus honours mentor with endowment SFU alumnus Terrance Snutch, founder of Neuromed Pharmaceuticals, and his wife, Dr. Mary Gilbert, are donating $50,000 to SFU to honour Snutch’s PhD supervisor, SFU scientist David Baillie, for his outstanding contributions to graduate student training.
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March 25 2008
Distinguished Alberta and BC scientists tackle mountain pine beetle infestation A team of BC and Alberta scientists launch a research project to examine the interaction between the mountain pine beetle, the fungal pathogen it carries and pine trees.
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March 20 2008
LifeSciences BC announces recipients of the 2008 LifeSciences British Columbia Awards LifeSciences British Columbia announces the recipients of the 2008 LifeSciences British Columbia Awards (previously known as the British Columbia Biotechnology Awards).
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March 14 2008
Scientists closer to understanding dark matter The Queen's-affiliated SNOLAB is about to get one of the world's most exciting research projects when it comes to understanding dark matter and the nature of the universe.
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March 14 2008
Government invests $800,000 in research at Genome BC The Government of Canada makes a four-year investment through the Western Economic Diversification Canada in order to develop and commercialize new innovations in the field of genomics in Western Canada.
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February 28 2008
$15 million of federal funding to help prevent organ failure Prevention of one of Canada's leading health burdens has received a boost thanks to $15 million in federal funding awarded to the scientists at the Providence Heart + Lung Institute at St. Paul's Hospital, with the University of British Columbia (UBC).
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February 22 2008
Ten Canadian scientists and scholars win Killam Research Fellowships Ten Canadian researchers have been awarded a total of $700,000 in the 41st annual competition for Killam Research Fellowships, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
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February 22 2008
Three new members appointed to National Research Council Canada The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the National Research Council Canada (NRC), announces the appointments of John Harker, Douglas MacArthur and David Wood to the council.
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February 22 2008
Rapid Laboratory Microsystems named one of Canada's Top 10 Life Science Companies RapidLabs has been named one of Canada’s Top 10 Life Science companies for 2007/08. The award recognizes emerging life science companies that have demonstrated exceptional technology and entrepreneurship.
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February 22 2008
Health Council of Canada calls for action on chronic health conditions Canada must strengthen efforts to prevent chronic health conditions and support patients as active partners in their own care, said the Health Council of Canada, adding that if governments act now, it can curb the growing epidemic of chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
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February 22 2008
University of Ottawa researcher part of team studying glaciers and climate change University of Ottawa geography professor Luke Copland is among researchers from 17 countries studying 19 Arctic tidewater glaciers to better understand how they react to climate change.
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February 15 2008
University of Ottawa receives $6 million from the Ontario Research Fund The University of Ottawa announces that three researchers, all in the Faculty of Engineering, have received grants from the Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence program. The program promotes research excellence in Ontario by supporting transformative, internationally significant research in the province.
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February 07 2008
Sunnybrook awarded $23 million for health research Two multi-institutional research teams led by scientists at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre were awarded $23 million from the Ontario government for work that will position the province at the apex of innovation in the development of minimally invasive image-guided tools and therapies to treat urgent, often fatal, health problems, particularly cardiovascular disease.
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February 07 2008
Prize awarded for research on globalizing benefits of genomics outcomes The Canadian Institutes for Health Research announces that Dr. Peter Singer (McLaughlin-Rotman Centre, part of the University Health Network) has been awarded the prestigious Michael Smith Prize as “Canada’s Health Researcher of the Year” for 2007.
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January 30 2008
Sigma-Aldrich achieves double accreditation as a certified reference material producer Sigma- Aldrich announces that its laboratory for the production of Certified Reference Materials (CRM) in Buchs, Switzerland, has received double accreditation.
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January 24 2008
Five uOttawa student mentors to receive CIBC Mentorship Program Scholarship The University of Ottawa announces that five of its students will receive 2007-2008 CIBC Mentorship Program Scholarships, established through the generosity of CIBC.
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January 24 2008
New study focuses on eye movement A scientist has uncovered one of the "missing links" in understanding visual signals that determine where and why we move our eyes to focus on details in our environment.
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January 24 2008
Université de Montréal researchers simulate world's largest heart model using technology In the quest to discover how the mechanisms of disease work, researchers at the Université de Montréal (UdM) have run the largest mathematical simulation of a heart ever assembled - a two billion element model - on a high-performance computing system from SGI.
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January 24 2008
Life Sciences British Columbia award nominations now open Nominations are now open for the 10th annual Life Sciences British Columbia Awards. The deadline for submissions is Feb. 28th.
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January 24 2008
Study connects obesity with nervous system A discovery made by Queen's biologists and its students sheds new light on the genetic roots of obesity - a condition that has been linked to heart disease, diabetes and some forms of cancer. The new findings may also help to unlock the mystery of how the nervous system controls obesity.
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December 21 2007
Sunnybrook improves transparency with online multimedia tool Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre launches an innovative new online tool that will allow the public to monitor the hospital's performance in achieving its goals and objectives.
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December 13 2007
UNBF graduate student wins international award for moon rock research A Frederictonian has won an international award for her research on Moon rocks. Jillian Hudgins, a PhD student in geology at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, has been investigating lunar rocks for nearly three years. Her work has earned her the Geological Society of America’s 2007 Eugene M. Shoemaker Impact Cratering Award.
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December 13 2007
Renewed funding to support research in chemical mass spectrometry, migratory forest birds The federal government has renewed two Canada Research Chairs at York University, enabling Professor Diethard Bohme to advance his groundbreaking research in chemical mass spectrometry and Professor Bridget Stutchbury to continue her innovative research into migratory forest birds. Both are professors in the Faculty of Science and Engineering.
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December 07 2007
Bioterrorism preparedness focus of new forensics research at Trent University In an effort to protect society against the threat of bioterrorism, the Candian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has given new funding to support forensic biologist Dr. Barry Saville's research into plant pathogens at Trent University.
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December 04 2007
NeuroScience Canada awards $3 million to brain research teams The Hon. Michael J. L. Kirby, chair of the board of directors of NeuroScience Canada, announces the recipients of two grants of $1.5 million each over three years for the study of brain repair.
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December 04 2007
Cloned monkey embryo another stem cell first A team of Oregon researchers has created the world’s first cloned embryo from an adult monkey.
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December 04 2007
Using Mouse Models to Understand Human Diseases October marked the opening of a brand new building in the heart of Toronto’s famed Discovery District in the form of The Toronto Centre for Phenogenomics (TCP).
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November 30 2007
BioSyntech awarded 2007 Innovation Award from ADRIQ BioSyntech, Inc. has been awarded the 2007 Innovation Award in the "Partnership" category by the Association de la Recherche Industrielle du Quebec (ADRIQ) for its successful partnership with the Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal (Ecole Polytechnique).
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November 30 2007
LifeSciences British Columbia congratulates Dr. Michael Hayden on 2007 Prix Galien LifeSciences British Columbia extends its congratulations to Dr. Michael Hayden on being selected as the recipient of the 2007 Prix Galien. The Prix Galien is one of the biopharmaceutical world's most prestigious awards.
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November 30 2007
Two recipients share $250,000 prize in National Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Competition An independent jury of international medical experts has decided to award the first Dr. Rogers Prize for Excellence in Complementary and Alternative Medicine to two recipients.
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November 23 2007
Canada's top health researchers recognized Canada's top health researchers are recognized at the 6th annual Canadian Health Research Awards – A Celebration of Excellence. These awards are among the Canadian research community’s highest honours.
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November 23 2007
University of Ottawa researchers receive $700,000 from CFI The University of Ottawa announces its researchers who received grants from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), through the Leaders Opportunity Fund
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November 21 2007
New way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease Physicians may be able to detect and treat Alzheimer's Disease (AD) in its earliest stages, when patients are experiencing only mild degrees of cognitive impairment, thanks to new diagnostic criteria proposed by an international group of researchers.
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November 20 2007
York U study: biological invasions can begin with just one insect A new study by York University biologists Amro Zayed and Laurence Packer has shown that a lone insect can initiate a biological invasion.
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November 08 2007
IBM World Community Grid squeezes decades of cancer research into two years Canadian researchers expect to accelerate the war on cancer by tapping into a global network of hundreds of thousands of people who volunteer their idle computer time to tackle some of the world’s most complex problems.
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November 01 2007
Over $18 million in CIHR funding for uOttawa researchers Researchers at the University of Ottawa and its affiliate research institutions have received over $18 million in grants and scholarships from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
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October 26 2007
Canadian scientists use Nobel Prize winning technique for disease research Canadian scientists using a Nobel Prize-winning technique with knockout mice has led to major discoveries and insights into cancer, diabetes, obesity and neuro-degenerative diseases.
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October 26 2007
More high school students to benefit from national science competition Funding of the Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge (SABC) has been renewed.
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October 26 2007
Queen’s University the first in Ontario to gain research access to valuable health data Queen's officially unveils the province's first satellite unit of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES).
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October 26 2007
New artificial arm lands UNB research team Popular Mechanics award Imagine an artificial arm that looks and functions like the real thing. The University of New Brunswick's Kevin Englehart does.
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October 23 2007
Ontario government invests in cosmic research The provincial government is investing millions of new dollars to further the quest of scientists to get a better look at the dark matter particles that make up the universe.
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October 22 2007
Insect genes provide clues to help beat the heat New findings from insect studies at Queen's and U of T may help to protect our brains from extremely high fevers that sometimes trigger seizures, particularly in infants and small children.
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October 19 2007
Pfizer Canada announces $4.25 million to two B.C. research initiatives Pfizer Canada announces two significant healthcare research investments in British Columbia totaling $4.25 million. The first is an investment at the internationally renowned British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and the second is at St. Paul's Hospital Foundation and Simon Fraser University to establish the first Canadian research chair in cardiovascular prevention.
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October 11 2007
More high school students to benefit from national science competition BioTalent Canada, a national sponsor of the SABC program, announces the Government of Canada's funding renewal of the program and the launch of the 2007-08 challenge.
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October 04 2007
Toronto Centre for Phenogenomics (TCP) opens its doors After a long wait, the Toronto Centre for Phenogenomics (TCP) is officially open for business. Billed as the largest centre of its kind in Canada, the 110,000 sq ft, state-of-the-art research facility located in the heart of Toronto's Discovery district officially opened Oct. 1st.
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October 04 2007
NRC presents Dr. Jennifer Estall with the H.L. Holmes award Dr. Pierre Coulombe, president of National Research Council Canada awards Dr. Jennifer Estall with the H.L. Holmes award at the BioContact Quebec conference in Quebec City. Dr. Estall will receive $99,100 per year for two years to pursue research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute of the Harvard School of Medicine, in Boston.
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October 04 2007
$40 million National Institute Nanotechnology Innovation Centre is open for business The National Institute for Nanotechnology Innovation Centre located on the University of Alberta campus in Edmonton, Alberta, has now opened its doors. The 15,000 square metre, $40 million institute is one of the world's most technologically advanced research facilities with the latest generation of scientific equipment, including electron and scanning probe microscopes and chemical and material analysis instruments.
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September 27 2007
Canadians name diversity as key ingredient in formula for innovation success The majority of working Canadians believe that Canada's diversity leads to greater innovation and business success, according to a national survey conducted by the Xerox Research Centre of Canada and Leger Marketing.
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September 27 2007
Pharmas affect medical studies, contends Queen's professor Pharmaceutical companies influence medical research in favour of its own products much more than doctors or the public are aware, a Queen's Philosophy professor contends.
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September 20 2007
Leading electronic patient care reporting system garners Nova Scotian a $10,000 Manning Innovation Award Christopher D. McNamara is the visionary and lead architect of Siren ePCR(TM) Suite, the world's most used electronic pre-hospital reporting system. His computerized system, which replaces the unwieldy paper forms that paramedics and other first-responders must otherwise deal with, has won him a $10,000 Manning Innovation Award, sponsored by Katch Kan Limited.
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September 20 2007
Canadian team uncovers help for diabetics in controlling blood sugar Aerobic or resistance training stabilizes blood sugar levels for people with diabetes, and the improvements are twice as good with combined aerobic and resistance training. Dr. Glen Kenny of uOttawa's Department of Human Kinetics and UCalgary endocrinologist Dr. Ron Sigal led the study, along with five colleagues from the University of Ottawa and two from the Ottawa Health Research Institute.
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September 19 2007
New breast cancer type has poor prognosis, distinct relapse pattern According to results of a study published in Clinical Cancer Research, women with breast cancer that is estrogen receptor-negative, progesterone receptor-negative and HER2-negative (triple-negative breast cancer) are more likely than other women with breast cancer to experience a relapse of the cancer. The highest risk of relapse is in the first two to three years after diagnosis.
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September 14 2007
Queen's attracts two new Canada Research Chairs Two international experts on polymer production and chemical dynamics are the newest Canada Research Chairs at Queen's. Two of the university's current CRCs have received renewals. A total of $109.5 million in funding for 126 new Canada Research Chairs was announced in Calgary.
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September 14 2007
York U study: biological invasions can begin with just one insect A new study by York University biologists Amro Zayed and Laurence Packer has shown that a lone insect can initiate a biological invasion.
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September 06 2007
Tiny technology draws world attention Some very tiny technology invented by Bozena Kaminska, a scientist at Simon Fraser University, is putting SFU in the spotlight at WIRED NextFest 2007. SFU will be one of only two Canadian universities at the invitation-only international exhibition September 13-16 in Los Angeles.
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August 30 2007
Canadian government invests $10 million in access to cancer care Queen's researchers are part of a new, $10.1-million federally-funded program to provide better access to cancer care, from prevention to palliation.
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August 24 2007
Government of Malaysia honours GeneNews CSO GeneNews Limited, a company focused on developing blood-based biomarker tests for the early detection of diseases and personalized health management, announces that its co-founder and chief scientific officer, Dr. CC Liew, has been awarded the Darjah Yang Mulia Pangkuan Negeri (DMPN), a state honour given by the Governor of Penang in Malaysia.
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August 23 2007
Canadian and Quebec governments invest in creation of Biobank The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Economic Development and Raymond Bachand, Quebec Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export, Minister of Tourism, were among several dignitaries on hand to announce the creation of a new world-class Biobank set to open in Quebec.
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August 23 2007
Nomogram tool able to predict aggressive prostate cancer in men An easy-to-assess calculator tool or nomogram is the first to use all known risk factors to help physicians predict individual prostate cancer risk including patients with normal PSA levels at high risk according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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August 23 2007
Scientists in Nova Scotia Make Important Gene Discovery After winning the race to discover the gene responsible for a rare genetic eye disorder, scientists in Nova Scotia now believe that this discovery could have further implications in the treatment of other common medical disorders.
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August 17 2007
Seven Queen's professors receive Early Research Awards Queen's researchers involved in wide-ranging projects including developing new sustainable waste management approaches, creating treatments for improving quality of life for women with chronic pain and designing systems for producing 'green' fuel will receive $700,000 from the Ontario government's Early Researcher Award program.
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August 14 2007
International Team focuses on copy number variants in the Human Genome An international team will use state-of-the-art, high-density microarrays and new computer algorithms to improve the detection of variants in the human genome, which are implicated in various diseases.
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August 14 2007
Amorfix's ALS technology published in Nature Medicine Amorfix Life Sciences announces that in a report published today in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers demonstrated that misfolded superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) protein is present in nerve tissue from patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease.
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August 14 2007
AEterna Zentaris partner Keryx presents results for anti-cancer compound Æterna Zentaris Inc. announces that its partner, Keryx Biopharmaceuticals presented a poster outlining Phase l and Phase ll results for perifosine, an oral anti-cancer signal transduction inhibitor compound for the treatment of patients with advanced sarcoma.
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August 14 2007
BSafE Innovations announces array of validation tests BSafE Innovations Inc. and Top Meadow Farms announces that by conducting a comprehensive array of validation tests, it has confirmed that its first filter product can significantly increase the sensitivity of diagnostics currently used to detect the presence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle post mortem.
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August 10 2007
University of Ottawa receives $6.8 million for three research projects to counter terrorism Three research projects at the University of Ottawa have received a total of $6.8 million in funding from the Chemical, Biological, Radiological-Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE) Research and Technology Initiative (CRTI), the federal science community's response to providing science solutions to CBRNE terrorist threats.
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July 31 2007
New grants boost progress in cancer and imaging research A new grant program funded by Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) and distributed through the Cancer Imaging Network of Ontario (CINO) has given eight London scientists a boost as they work to develop sophisticated imaging technology designed to detect cancer on a microscopic level.
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July 26 2007
Researcher recognized for bacteria research Simon Fraser University microbiologist, Fiona Brinkman adds close to $1 million to her already multi-million dollar research fund. The funding included a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) Senior Scholar award and a Fisher award.
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July 26 2007
Pall teams up with RITT to advance transplantation science Pall Corporation announces the establishment of a collaborative sponsorship agreement with the Research in Immune Tolerance in Transplantation (RITT) program at the Toronto General Hospital (University Health Network) located in Toronto.
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July 26 2007
TRLab's first innovation prize awarded TRLabs Manitoba's research and development project to secure privacy controls for data central to establishment of a national public health surveillance system is the first recipient of TRLabs' Innovation Prize.
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July 25 2007
UBC gains $46.4 million in science and engineering funding The University of British Columbia is the beneficiary of $46.4 million in federal research support for 631 science and engineering projects after finishing in second place among Canadian universities in the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada's (NSERC) 2007 grants and scholarships competition.
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July 12 2007
Structural Genomics Consortium initiates new phase to solve protein structures The Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) gains new funding of more than $105 million to support a second, four-year phase beginning July 2007.
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July 12 2007
Top nanotechnology researcher returns home The University of New Brunswick has appointed Dr. Felipe Chibante as the Richard J. Currie Chair in Nanotechnology in the Faculty of Engineering.
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July 12 2007
Canada Foundation for Innovation invests $26 million to attract and retain best and brightest minds The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) announces a $26-million investment to help universities across the country attract and retain the best and brightest minds from Canada and around the world. The funds will provide infrastructure support for 136 projects at 40 universities, enabling 192 high-calibre investigators to conduct their research in world-class facilities.
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July 05 2007
U of S BioVenture Challenge fosters ideas from aquaculture to soil cleanup Five budding entrepreneurs whose bio-economy ideas range from aquaculture to bioremediation have been named the finalists in the U of S Industry Liaison Office (ILO) BioVenture Business Plan Challenge.
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July 05 2007
CFI awards researchers more than $1 million Five promising young Queen's researchers have received a total of $1,015,947 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Leaders Opportunities Fund. The award is part of a $26-million package to support 136 researchers at 40 institutions across Canada.
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June 29 2007
Donation will create Canada's first library of human embryonic stem cells Canada will have its first human embryonic stem cell library based at McMaster University thanks to a multi-million-dollar commitment from a Hamilton businessman.
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June 25 2007
BioNova presents Research Excellence Award Dr. Colin Barrow, a life sciences researcher, teacher and author, is presented the BioNova Research Excellence Award.
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June 22 2007
Winnipeg Student wins science competition triple A Manitoba student has captured the first-ever triple crown of high school science, winning best project at the sanofli-aventis International BioGENEius challenge for his efforts in trying to find a potential alternative to chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer.
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June 22 2007
Ronald Cape wins 2007 Bio Heritage Award Invitrogen Corporation announces that Dr. Ronald Cape is this year's recipient of the Biotechnology Heritage Award. The award was presented to him at the 9th annual BIO International Convention in Boston.
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June 21 2007
Chemist captures national Top 40 Under 40 Award Caldwell Partners is honouring SFU chemistry professor Neil Branda as a 2006 recipient of its Canada's Top 40 Under 40(TM) award.
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June 21 2007
NRC scientists produce world's most sensitive radio detectors The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) designs and builds the most sensitive and precise radio detector ever built for millimeter-wavelength operation.
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June 20 2007
UBC discovery reverses thinking about HEP C treatment Contrary to current practice, treating injection drug users (IDUs) for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) may reduce suffering and health-care costs, according to University of British Columbia researchers.
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June 14 2007
Government honours Canada's top young researchers in science and engineering Dr. Suzanne Fortier, president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), honours six young Canadians who have won the council's top prizes for research at the graduate student and postdoctoral levels.
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June 14 2007
CFI funding advances wide range of U of S research Thirteen U of S researchers have been collectively awarded $654,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for an array of projects, including developing new ways to control high blood pressure, exploring nanotech catalysts to break down pollutants such as PCBs and developing bio-fertilizers and bio-pesticides.
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June 14 2007
Black holes and cosmic evolution project receives ORION Discovery Award A project which examines the role of black holes in the evolution of the galaxies, led by Queen's researcher Robert Thacker, was awarded the Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network (ORION) Discovery Award of Merit at the Research and Education Summit.
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June 08 2007
SSHRC funds grad students, knowledge networks Seventy-three Queen's projects have been awarded $3.3 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) through the Canada Graduate Scholarships program. Across Canada 1,200 masters students, 1,050 doctoral students and 144 postdoctoral fellows are receiving a total of $105 million in fellowships and scholarships.
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June 08 2007
Bioethics expert calls for mandatory HIV testing A Queen's University philosophy professor and expert in bioethics calls for a public policy shift towards mandatory HIV testing of pregnant women in areas where the disease is rampant.
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June 08 2007
Application of ACQUITY TQD for the Analysis of Pesticide Residues in Baby Food This application note assesses the suitability of the Waters® ACQUITY TQD for tandem quadrupole-based analysis of pesticide residue in baby food.
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June 01 2007
Transfusion-related acute lung injuries identified in burn patients Researchers at one of the largest burn centres in Canada have confirmed that in rare cases, burn patients with acute lung injuries (ALI) may experience pulmonary complications due to blood transfusions.
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June 01 2007
McGuinty and Schwarzenegger team up to boost stem cell research Ontario and California will work together to develop new stem cell therapies to help conquer cancer thanks to a new $30-million joint research venture signed by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty.
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June 01 2007
Salmon conservation, cell research nets new funding Two Simon Fraser University researchers are poised to make breakthroughs in their fields thanks to getting more than they anticipated in research funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).
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June 01 2007
MUHC Joins with NRC to promote innovation in Research McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) have partnered together in an agreement that will see researchers from the Research Institute of the MUHC (RI MUCH) move into the NRC Biotechnology Research Institute's (NRC-BRI) laboratories in Montreal.
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June 01 2007
Application of ACQUITY TQD for the Analysis of Pesticide Residues in baby food By James Morphet and Peter Hancock
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May 24 2007
Genome Canada, Genome Quebec and Universite de Montreal launch P3G Consortium and CARTaGENE Project Genome Canada, Genome Quebec and Universite de Montreal have partnered in a joint initiative that will see $34.5 million in funding contributed to the Public Population Project in Genomics (P3G), which includes the Quebec-based CARTaGENE project.
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May 24 2007
SFU receives record $12-million gift The new home of Simon Fraser University's Faculty of Health Sciences will be named Blusson Hall, thanks to a $12-million gift from Stewart and Marilyn Blusson.
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May 24 2007
Queen's health researchers receive $2.9 million Researchers studying autism, the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and assisted reproduction technology are among 11 Queen's projects to receive a total of over $2.9 million in operating grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
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May 17 2007
Grade 12 researcher, 17, seeks potential alternative to chemotherapy A Manitoba student has a first-ever Triple Crown of high school science, his project seeking a potential alternative to chemotherapy sweeping first-place finishes in sanofi-aventis sponsored biotech challenges held at national, international and regional levels over a span of 17 days.
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May 17 2007
Biotechnology entrepreneurial spirit sweeps VenturePrize BioAlberta is pleased to see the 2007 VenturePrize recognize the potential of biotechnology in the selection of its 'VenturePrize Fast Growth' and 'Alberta Student Business Plan' winners.
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May 14 2007
Gairdner International awardees announced The Gairdner International awardees for achievements in biomedical science have been announced.
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May 11 2007
Michael J. Fox speaks at BIO and urges for better research Well known actor Michael J. Fox made a special appearance at BIO 2007, appealing to scientists and investors to aggressively translate scientific research into creative treatments for debilitating diseases, including the Parkinson's disease, something he has fought for more than a decade.
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May 11 2007
Pfizer partners with Canadian policymakers to continue shaping an ideal environment for research and innovation Pfizer took the opportunity at the BIO International Convention last week to meet with potential biotech partners and discuss the importance of building the foundation in Canada for an enabling policy and commercial environment to attract and retain research and innovation. Pfizer has set the goal for itself by striving to deliver two new externally sourced products each year, beginning in 2010.
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May 11 2007
Area named in Foreign Direct Investment (fDi) Magazine's top rankings for North American cities of the future Canada's Technology Triangle has garnered a top five ranking among 'Small Cities of the Future' in North America. Canada's Technology Triangle Inc. accepted the award at BIO in Boston on behalf of partners in the Waterloo Region and the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo. It's the second consecutive year that the Waterloo Region has fared well in fDi's Cities of the Future rankings.
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May 11 2007
Amorfix's ALS technology published in Nature Medicine Amorfix Life Sciences announces that in a report published in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers demonstrated that misfolded superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) protein is present in nerve tissue from patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease.
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May 04 2007
Premier McGuinty announces first Research and Innovation Award winners Premier and Minister of Research and Innovation Dalton McGuinty honoured Ontario's top research and innovation talents at the inaugural Premier's Innovation Awards ceremony held at the MaRS Discovery District.
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May 04 2007
Halifax student takes top prize at the sanofi-aventis biotech challenge A study involving the use of hormonal therapy to treat ovarian cancer won a Halifax high school student top honours in the 2007 Nova Scotia sanofi-aventis biotech challenge (sabc), held at the National Research Council Institute for Marine BioSciences (NRC IMB).
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April 20 2007
Gairdner International awardees are announced The Gairdner International awardees for achievements in biomedical science have now been announced by Dr. John Dirks, the president and scientific director of the Gairdner Foundation.
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April 17 2007
Dementia research breakthrough Canada is making international headlines with two major breakthroughs in dementia research.
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April 17 2007
National competition to determine top doc For the first time a major cash prize is being handed out to Canada's top researcher or practitioner working in the field of complementary and alternative medicine.
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April 12 2007
Queen's University attracts first Ontario Research Chair Queen's has appointed the first of eight new Ontario Research Chairs in Public Policy - part of a $25-million provincial government initiative to address key policy issues.
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April 12 2007
Evidence-based obesity guidelines supported by Dietitians of Canada The Dietitians of Canada welcome the release of comprehensive, evidence-based guidance on obesity prevention and treatment. Obesity Canada, who led the development of the practice guidelines, engaged many experts, including dietitians.
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April 04 2007
Pfizer is determined to be a magnet for the best science in Quebc and in the Canadian biomedical community Pfizer used the BioMedex Conference in Laval, for which it was a sponsor, to look for the best science to maximize the potential of its research and development activities. The Pfizer Global Research and Development (PGRD) team is actively seeking partnerships with biotechnology firms offering compelling innovative concepts, proprietary knowledge and unique expertise.
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March 30 2007
Queen's University to spearhead new 'convergence centre' The Ontario government announces that it is investing $21 million to help pioneer an innovative R&D model. It would tap the creative energy of academic and industry scientists working side by side to develop new environmental technologies in the areas of advanced materials and bioprocessing.
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March 23 2007
Pharmacists Support Tory Funding of Health Technology The federal government's decision to provide $400 million of its federal budget to Canada Health Infoway has earned the praise of the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) who see the move as a positive sign that the Tories are paying closer attention to the shortcomings within the health industry.
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March 23 2007
Research Portal provides new tool in battle against superbugs The Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance (CARA) will launch a new web portal that will be the first comprehensive resource dedicated to supporting and educating Canadian healthcare providers and researchers on the escalating issue of bacteria that are resistant to commonly used antibiotics.
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March 23 2007
Cold is hot in evolution: UBC researchers debunk belief species evolve faster in tropics University of British Columbia researchers have discovered that contrary to common belief, species do not evolve faster in warmer climates.
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March 16 2007
Prevent it, find it, manage it - says the Health Council of Canada Prevent it, find it, manage it, says the Health Council of Canada in its new report on chronic illness in Canada. According to the report, Canada's health care system needs to transform quickly to stem the rising tide of diabetes and other chronic health conditions.
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March 16 2007
Study finds new links between wine, fermented foods and cancer New findings by a Queen's research team dispel the popular notion that eating so-called 'natural' foods will protect against cancer. In fact, certain types of common foods and alcoholic beverages such as wine, cheese, yogurt and bread contain trace amounts of carcinogens.
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March 12 2007
Trent University Poised to Transform Forensic Evidence Trent University is poised to transform the way forensic evidence is handled in the field, thanks to a generous donation from Hewlett Packard (Canada) Co. to support student training in the Bachelor of Forensic Science degree program.
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March 12 2007
Break And Entering By Christopher von Roretz, Pascal Beauchamp
and Imed Eddine Gallouzi Using RNA Interference (RNAi) and Cell-permeable Peptides to Investigate Protein Function It is well accepted that the major role of RNA is to transmit gene messages, via messenger RNA (mRNA), in order to produce protein. |
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March 09 2007
Unique public/private research partnership leads world in determining 3D structure of proteins related to human disease The Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC), an international research effort set up in 2004 to determine the three-dimensional structures of proteins relevant to human disease, has posted its 375th protein structure in the public domain.
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March 09 2007
Transfusion-related acute lung injuries identified in burn patients Researchers at one Canada's largest burn centres have confirmed that in rare cases, burn patients with acute lung injuries (ALI) may experience pulmonary complications due to blood transfusions.
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March 09 2007
Investment by the CFI, government, confirms confidence in imaging research in London A $26,975,700 project will boost healthcare in London and allow for the continuation of leading-edge research in hybrid imaging.
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March 09 2007
Cataract treatment could lead to $1.5 billion in cost savings Treatments to reduce the number of cataract surgeries could save the Canadian healthcare system up to Cdn $1.5 billion, according to a new study at The University of Western Ontario.
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March 02 2007
TBI honours winners at its Annual President's Awards Gala TBI held its Annual President's Awards Gala last week, giving an opportunity to recognize and celebrate significant contributions to the sector by outstanding business leaders, community leaders and long serving volunteers.
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February 19 2007
Artery better than vein in heart bypass for women and diabetics Researchers at Sunnybrook have shown that artery grafts from the forearm are a superior choice in place of vein grafts from the leg for use in heart bypass surgery especially in women, diabetics and patients with the most severe blockages.
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February 05 2007
Risk factors identified to predict harm in older cognitive patients Researchers at Sunnybrook have identified areas of neuropsychological function that can help family doctors to accurately predict harm due to self-neglect in cognitively impaired seniors who live alone.
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February 05 2007
For the first time, a cash prize is being offered to a researcher or practitioner in the field of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) For the first time, a major cash prize is being offered to a researcher or practitioner working in the field of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Canada. Nominations for the Dr Rogers Prize for Excellence in Complementary and Alternative Medicine open February 15, 2007 with the winner to be announced November 1, 2007.
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January 30 2007
Warnex to perform pharmacogenetic services for Schering-Plough Canada Warnex Inc. announces that its Medical Laboratories division will develop new pharmacogenetic assays and serve as a central laboratory for several clinical studies of Schering-Plough Canada, a leader in the discovery and development of pharmaceutical products.
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January 30 2007
Ceapro ranks 24th on Alberta Venture's Fast 50 list of Alberta Ceapro Inc. has been ranked 24th on Alberta Ventures 2007 Fast 50 list of growth-oriented businesses in Alberta with revenues under $20 million. This is the third time in four years that Ceapro has been recognized by Alberta Venture on the magazines annual list of Albertas Growth Champions.
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January 23 2007
SIPP research fellowships awarded to U of S professors Two University of Saskatchewan professors have been awarded fellowships by the Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy (SIPP) to study areas of critical societal importance - the success of higher education in the Aboriginal population and quality monitoring in our health care system.
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January 10 2007
Hancock named researcher of the year Dr. R.E. (Bob) Hancock, scientific co-founder of Inimex Pharmaceuticals Inc. has been awarded the Michael Smith Prize as Canadian Health Researcher of the Year by the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR).
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December 18 2006
Chief resident in Cardiac Surgery at Western's Schulich School gets top honours The American Heart Association has awarded one of its highest honours to Dr. Basel Ramlawi, chief resident in Cardiac Surgery at Westerns Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and London Health Sciences Centre.
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December 18 2006
Polanyi prize winner named Westerns latest Canada Research Chair Accolades continue to accumulate for newly recruited Biochemical Engineering professor Elizabeth Gillies at The University of Western Ontario. Awarded the prestigious John Charles Polanyi prize in chemistry in October, Gillies has now been named a Canada Research Chair in Biomaterials Synthesis.
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December 12 2006
Government renews two York University Canada Research Chairs The federal government today renewed two Canada Research Chairs at York University, a commitment which will enable professor K. Andrew White to advance his groundbreaking research on virus infections in plants and professor Engin Isin to continue his innovative examination of citizenship.
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December 04 2006
University of Waterloo succeeds well above national average in recent round of funding The University of Waterloo (UW) has succeeded well above the national average in the most recent round of funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. Researchers are receiving $25.6 million for infrastructure, plus another $7.7 million to operate and maintain equipment for a total of $33.4 million, from the Canada Foundation for
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December 04 2006
CFI Awards $25.8 Million for Major Projects at Canadian Light Source The Canada Foundation for Innovation awarded $25 million for three projects to be built at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) national synchrotron facility at the University of Saskatchewan.
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November 27 2006
Universities, government collaborate on climate research Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the University of Western Ontario and the University of Guelph are collaborating on the Biotron, a facility to support research into the impact of climate change and other environmental stressors on plants, insects and micro-organisms, as well as research focusing on industrial bioproduct development.
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November 21 2006
Sea urchins and humans share genes Simon Fraser University molecular biologists have helped a worldwide team of scientists make a discovery that could advance doctors understanding of how genetic diseases occur and how to treat them.
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November 02 2006
Carbon monoxide may prevent pre-eclampsia Researchers at Queen's University may have discovered why smoking mothers are less prone to pre-eclampsia.
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October 02 2006
Study Suggests Environmental Link to Crohn's Disease Is Canada too clean? A new study from the University of Alberta has discovered that Canada has among the highest incidences of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease cases per capita in the world.
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September 19 2006
Device to Treat Epilepsy Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Cambridge, MA) are looking to improve epilepsy treatments.
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September 12 2006
Video Games Help Stroke Patients Though parents aren't their biggest fans, video games may soon win over some new supporters
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August 29 2006
New Lab Chip Sequences Mitochondrial DNA A team of researchers supported by the U.S. National Institutes of Health has created a second-generation "lab on a silicon chip" that sequences all mitochondrial DNA.
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August 08 2006
New Technique Speeds MRI A faster magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data-acquisition technique developed by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI) delivers more precise 3-D images and reduces the amount of time needed for the procedure.
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August 02 2006
Computational Model Provides Understanding Of AIDS Drug A new computational model allows scientists to better understand how a popular HIV/AIDS drug works.
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July 25 2006
Virtual Reality Eases Real-world Pain Would sitting on a beach and soaking up the sun reduce the pain one felt during a medical procedure? It might even if the beach is just a figment of ones imagination.
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June 30 2006
Taskforce Evaluates Telemedicine Initiatives In Africa A taskforce geared toward evaluating the use of telemedicine in Africa has been established.
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June 19 2006
Computers Used To Predict Immune Response Researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology (San Diego, CA) have used bioinformatics tools to predict immune response to the vaccinia virus, a complex virus used in the smallpox vaccine.
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June 05 2006
Computerized Atlas Reveals Brain Folds Using a computerized atlas known as PALS, researchers from Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) have uncovered brain structure changes in Williams syndrome, a condition that can cause visual and spatial impairment.
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May 08 2006
EBI Offers Free Access to New Database A new project providing free, unrestricted access to some of the world's most valuable biological databases has been launched.
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April 24 2006
Project Puts Avian Flu in Checkmate Engineers from IBM Corp. (Armonk, NY) and researchers from the Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, CA) have joined forces to combat a potential avian flu pandemic.
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April 10 2006
Making Eye-tracking technology More Accessible For those with difficulty communicating, eye-tracking technologies can prove valuable. But the technologies' price tag often make them inaccessible to those who need it.
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March 27 2006
Digital Diary Helps Comma Patients Recover Software products designed to help intensive care patients recover and slow the spread of hospital-based infections have snagged the first and second-place spots in the U.K. edition of the Microsoft Imagine Cup.
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February 05 2006
New Biosensor Speeds UTI Diagnosis A new test developed by University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (Los Angeles, CA) researchers is being touted as a huge advancement in the diagnosis of urinary tract infections (UTI).
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January 23 2006
Computer Capable of Predicting Heart Attack Researchers from the University of Houston (Houston, TX) have developed a computer technology that will alert physicians when a patient is at high risk of having a heart attack.
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January 16 2006
USDA Gives Green Light to Pig Genome Project The U.S. Department of Agriculture has granted a two-year, $10-million grant to researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Urbana, IL) in an effort to give one special swine a spot in genomics history.
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October 18 2005
NIH Funding Supports Cheminformatics Research St. Troy, N.Y.-based Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) will soon be home to a new centre devoted to cheminformatics research.
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October 04 2005
New Bioinformatics Centre Launched at U of Michigan The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced funding to support a seventh National Center for Biomedical Computing at the University of Michigan (U of M) Medical School (Ann Arbor, MI).
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September 27 2005
First Global Clinical Trials Portal Launched An online resource compiling clinical trial data from around the world has been launched by the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (Geneva, Switzerland).
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August 29 2005
Public DNA/RNA Collections Reach Milestone The world's three leading repositories for DNA and RNA sequence data can all boast a new landmark - they now contain 100 gigabases of sequence, which is equal to 100 billion letters of the genetic code.
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August 15 2005
Global Research Project to Investigate Human Brain A new project designed to promote co-operation between international brain researchers has been launched by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Global Science Forum (Paris, France).
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August 15 2005
Canary Database Could Warn of Human Health Hazards The proverbial canary in a coal mine has entered the 21st century.
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June 28 2005
Only One Cell Needed to Recognize Image How many brain cells does it take to recognize a familiar face?
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June 20 2005
NIH Creates Network of Nine Molecular Libraries Screening Centres The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is donating nearly $89 million in grant money in an effort to establish a nationwide collaborative research network that will use high-tech screening methods to identify small molecules that can be used as research tools.
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June 07 2005
Digital Bacteria Could Advance Biomedical Research A new computer simulation that allows researchers to study the molecular basis of cellular behaviour could pave the way for more effective cancer research and drug development, while also offering insight into the ongoing fight against bioterrorism.
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May 10 2005
Genetically Engineered Mouse Offers Insight Into Disease, Genomics A new type of rodent has been developed by researchers at Stanford University (Stanford, CA) and it's not just your ordinary lab rat.
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April 19 2005
Tracing the Genetic History of Human Race Researchers at the University of Arizona (UA) (Tuscon, AZ) are calling on people from around the globe to donate DNA samples to the Genographic Project, which aims to map the genetic and migratory history of the human race.
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April 12 2005
NIST Develops New DNA Reference Standard A new reference standard developed by scientists at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (Gaithersberg, MD) may help researchers screen for hard-to-find DNA molecules from mounds of data.
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April 12 2005
The Blueprint of Life By Christopher Hogue, PhD and Randall C. Willis Informatics tools and databases are helping scientists understand and manipulate biology
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March 15 2005
Computer 3-D Movie Illustrates Protein Folding Researchers from the University of Calgary (Calgary, AB) are using powerful computers to create 3-D movies in an effort to understand protein misfolding in disorders such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
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February 08 2005
NIH Calls for Prompt Release of Research Publications The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is implementing a new policy designed to help the public gain access to published research articles more quickly.
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January 31 2005
Prototype Toxicogenomics Database Launched A new prototype database, aimed at helping scientists better understand the effect of environmental chemicals on human health, has been launched by the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (Salisbury Cove, ME).
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January 13 2005
Ontario Cancer Institute Receives $1M in Technology Grant Information garnered from the research will advance understanding of cancer progression and possibly influence oncology drug-discovery research.
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January 13 2005
Consortium Taps Research Centres for Orphan Cancer Cure Catherine Varmazis, Bio-IT World A new consortium established to help find a cure for multiple myeloma may also provide a model for facilitating and expediting collaborative research into other orphan diseases.
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January 13 2005
NIH Gives $32.8M to Support Bioinformatics Research The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health, is providing more than $32 million US to support and enhance its Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN).
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November 20 2004
Curbing a Killer By John Russell, Bio-IT World Toxicity is a notorious killer. It kills more "promising" compounds than almost anything else, and, even worse, usually does so late in the development process.
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November 20 2004
Integrated Information System Selected for P.E.I. Hospital The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in Charlottetown, P.E.I, has agreed to purchase the MediLab® microbiology module from MediSolution Ltd. (Montreal, QC).
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October 23 2004
Small Molecules with Big Promise By Bio-IT World staff This summer's launch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Chemical Genomics Center (NCGC) (Bethesda, MD) the first component of the NIH Roadmap marks a major step in the creation of a nationwide network that aims to provide researchers with innovative chemical tools for use in biomedical research.
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October 11 2004
New SHARCNET Chair at Wilfred Laurier University Wilfred Laurier University (Waterloo, ON) has broadened its computational biology expertise.
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September 27 2004
Medical Robotics Research Gets Funding Boost Medical robotics is finding a new home at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont. thanks to a funding partnership.
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September 13 2004
Compugen and Diagnostic Products Corp. to Collaborate Immunodiagnostic testing company Diagnostic Products Corp. (DPC) (Los Angeles, CA) has announced a broad collaboration with Compugen Ltd., a genomics-based drug and diagnostic discovery company headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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September 07 2004
SHARCNET Granted Nearly $50M in Funding Supercomputing in Canada has received a super boost, thanks to a nearly $50-million investment from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) (Ottawa, ON) and the Ontario government.
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September 07 2004
Sequence Statistics Offer Clues to Evolution By Kevin Davies, Bio-IT World Bioinformaticians at the University of Washington (Seattle, WA) have devised a novel statistical approach for analysing genome mutation patterns that could yield clues to the mechanisms of mammalian evolution.
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August 09 2004
Blueprint Initiative Goes Global A recent funding infusion has allowed the Blueprint Initiative (Toronto, ON) to launch its focus in Asia and Europe
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August 09 2004
IBM, Mayo Extend Partnership By Bob Brewin, Computerworld IBM Corp. (Armonk, NY) and the Mayo Clinic announced last week the extension of a two-year-old partnership designed to improve health care by correlating data from patient records to what Dr. Nina Schwenk, who heads Mayos IT operations, calls the Holy Grail (of medicine): individualized patient treatment.
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August 03 2004
Cardiology Course Now Available Electronically A popular paper-based cardiology study program will soon be available as an interactive e-learning program.
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August 03 2004
Signing on For Global Security By Laura Robinson, Bio-IT World As life science companies rely more on digital documents and increasingly provide access to these files electronically, meeting the rules governing information security is essential to doing business internationally.
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July 19 2004
Computer Simulates Evolution A team of researchers from Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI), the California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA) and Keck Graduate Institute (Claremont, CA) has used an artificial life computer program called Avida to study why and how some environments house more species than others.
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July 05 2004
Sick Kids Launches Child Health-care Site A new Web site aims to educate parents about their children's health.
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July 05 2004
Survey Indicates Need to Plug 'Revenue Leakage' By Salvatore Salamone, Bio-IT World Complex government pricing regulations, multiple marketing promotions, and the lack of co-ordination between departments cost pharmas an average of $40 million US for every $1 billion in annual revenues
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June 22 2004
Cancer's Meta-signature: 67 Genes Researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School (Ann Arbor, MI) have identified what they call cancer's meta-signature: the 67 genes which, when activated, can trigger the cell changes that lead to cancer in humans.
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June 07 2004
Male Breast Cancer Rates Rising Though breast cancer is often thought of as a disease that only affects women, men too can develop breast cancer, and a study conducted by University of Texas (Austin, TX) researchers shows that the incidence of male breast cancer is on the rise.
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June 07 2004
Male Breast Cancer Rates Rising Though breast cancer is often thought of as a disease that only affects women, men too can develop breast cancer, and a study conducted by University of Texas (Austin, TX) researchers shows that the incidence of male breast cancer is on the rise.
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May 31 2004
DNA Sequence for Human Chromosomes Nine and 10 Published The DNA sequences of human chromosomes nine and 10 were published last week by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (Hinxton, U.K.) and its collaborators.
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May 25 2004
Extending an Electronic Net PathNET is casting an even wider net, thanks to its inclusion of eight new hospital emergency departments and pre-admission clinics in the Vancouver, B.C. area.
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May 25 2004
Sequences Set in Stone By Kevin Davies, Bio-IT World Online Bioinformatics researchers at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) (Santa Cruz, CA) have discovered hundreds of sizeable tracts of DNA in the human genome that are 100 per cent identical in rats and mice, as if frozen across tens of millions of years of evolution.
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May 17 2004
Patients Control Pain by Watching Brain Activity When it comes to pain, is it all just mind over matter? A new method devised by Stanford University (Stanford, CA) researchers has proven beneficial in helping patients learn to control pain.
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April 26 2004
Mount Allison Develops Research Cluster Mount Allison University (Sackville, NB) researchers are using IBM Corp. (Armonk, NY) technology to develop the Mount Allison Cluster for Advanced Research in order to understand how DNA is damaged and how it can be repaired.
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March 22 2004
Womb Simulation May Help Predict Premature Births Computers are entering the womb so to speak.
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March 16 2004
Mars Mission May Spawn New Technologies By Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service Mars's Gusev Crater and Meridiani Planum are a long way from Silicon Valley, but just getting to those spots and digging around may help bring about IT breakthroughs on Earth, according to some engineers involved with the mission.
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February 23 2004
IBM Invests $250M in Health-IT and Research By Jeff Berman, Health-IT World IBM Corp. (Armonk, NY) announced last week that it has launched a $250-million US initiative to assist health-care providers and payers in saving money and reducing patient errors.
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February 16 2004
Bush Budget Allocates $274M for Bio-surveillance By Bob Brewin, Computerworld United States President George W. Bush's proposed budget for fiscal year 2005 includes funding for a $274-million US Bio-Surveillance Program Initiative (BSPI) to protect the U.S. against bioterrorism and to strengthen the nation's public health infrastructure.
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December 15 2003
In Silico Studies Shed Light on Immune System By Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti, BioIT World Drawing on the power of a cluster of microcomputers at Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, Calif., researchers have used computer modelling to point the way to new findings about the presence of an "adaptive control function" in the immune system.
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August 01 2003
Bringing Innovation to Light By Amber Lepage-Monette Three university tech transfer offices take differing approaches to success
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June 01 2003
Researching Universities By Amber Lepage-Monette If you want to know what is new in Canada's R&D and biotechnology scene, there is really only one place to look: Canada's research universities.
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May 01 2003
The Emerging Metabolomics Industry By Ashwin Singhania A new generation of "omic" research
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February 01 2003
Pursuing the Prostate By Tim Lougheed New approaches to a challenging cancer
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