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$2M a year for ELA from Ontario
September 3, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario government says it will commit up to $2 million a year to keep the famed Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) open. The ELA is the only fresh water research facility of its kind in the world.…
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DNA cages may aid drug delivery
September 3, 2013 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A study by researchers at McGill University marks a step toward the use of biological nanostructures to deliver drugs to diseased cells in patients. The findings, which focus on nanoscale ‘cages’ made from strands of DNA that…
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Canadian urology research grants awarded
August 29, 2013 by Lab Canada Markham, ON – The Canadian Urological Association (CUA) and Astellas Pharma Canada have renewed a partnership for a second year in support of the CUA Astellas Research Grant Program. Last year, Astellas pledged $750,000 over a period of five years…
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RNA double helix structure identified using synchrotron light
August 27, 2013 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – When Francis Crick and James Watson discovered the double helical structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in 1953, it began a genetic revolution to map, study, and sequence the building blocks of living organisms. DNA encodes the genetic…
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$3M funding will fast track virology discoveries to market
August 22, 2013 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The University of Alberta’s Li Ka Shing Applied Virology Institute has received funding of $3 million from Western Economic Diversification Canada. The money is earmarked for commercialization efforts in transitioning research discoveries to the marketplace. “This funding…
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Breast cancer research projects get $8.4M
August 22, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation – Ontario Region has awarded more than $8.4 million in research and fellowship grants across the province. “Although the mortality rate of breast cancer has significantly declined, it’s still the most common…
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Arthritis research gets million-dollar boost
August 21, 2013 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Totalling over one million dollars over the next four years, five different recipients in British Columbia have been awarded grants to help them move forward with research projects that will directly affect those in BC and the…
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Insect-inspired super rubber moves toward practical medical use
August 21, 2013 by Lab Canada Newark, DE – The remarkable, rubber-like protein that enables dragonflies, grasshoppers, crickets and other insects to flap their wings, chirp and jump has major potential uses in medicine This is the conclusion of scientists in a recent article in the…
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Full report on health research strategy survey released
August 20, 2013 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Consensus is emerging among members of the BC health research community around the actions and research gaps that could be addressed by a provincial health research strategy. Under the leadership of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health…
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LaboratoryMaterials Science
$4.2M supports expansion of advanced composites industry
August 20, 2013 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – The Western Diversification Program is providing $4.2 million to the Composites Innovation Centre(CIC) to help it purchase composites equipment for research, complete capital upgrades and hire specialized incremental staff to support initiatives to expand the western aerospace…
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Virus-derived particles target blood cancer
August 20, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Researchers have developed special virus-derived particles that can kill human blood cancer cells in the laboratory and eradicate the disease in mice with few side effects. The study is published in Blood Cancer Journal by co-senior authors…
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Chemists discover 23 new molecules in red wine
August 20, 2013 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Scientists have long espoused the health benefits of red wine. Now University of British Columbia chemists have discovered 23 new molecules that could mean there are even more virtues in vino. Associate professor Cédric Saucier, who runs…
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U of T and Indian Institute of Science to collaborate
August 20, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Increased collaborations on scientific research, entrepreneurship activities and educational opportunities are being planned through a new memorandum of understanding signed by the University of Toronto and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, India. As a…
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$24M funding to help science, engineering grads
August 12, 2013 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Job skills training for science and engineering grads and postdocs across the country is being supported with $24 million in funding for a group of 15 new training networks. Announced today by the Natural Sciences and Engineering…
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Collaboration to commercialize cancer screening tool
August 12, 2013 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A new diagnostic test for pre-cancerous polyps, PolypDx™, from Metabolomic Technologies (MTI), is moving towards commercialization as a result of a collaboration between the company, Alberta’s provincial government, the University of Alberta, and BGI Shenzhen (formerly Beijing…
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Researchers find best stem cells for bone marrow transplants
August 11, 2013 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – McMaster University researchers have discovered the location of human blood stem cells that may improve bone marrow transplants. The best stem cells are at the ends of the bone. It is hoped this discovery will lead to…
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Flu vaccine could prevent spread of cancer after surgery
August 11, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – New research led by Dr. Rebecca Auer at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute suggests that the common flu vaccine may be able to help prevent the spread of cancer following surgery. Previous research by Dr. Auer and…
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Scientific community mourns the passing of Dr. Tony Pawson
August 11, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The scientific community has joined Mount Sinai in expressing its profound sadness at the passing of Dr. Tony Pawson, a giant in the world of medical research and a beloved colleague and friend to so many. Dr.…
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Monarch butterfly generations tracked through migration
August 11, 2013 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – Biologists at the University of Guelph have for the first time mapped the migration pattern across the continent over an entire breeding season. That information might help conserve a creature increasingly threatened by loss of habitat and…
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Pioneering hematologist wins Wallace H. Coulter Award
August 9, 2013 by Lab Canada Washington, DC – The 2013 Wallace H. Coulter Award for Lifetime Achievement in Hematology, the highest honour of the American Society of Hematology, is being presented to Professor Sir David Weatherall, MD, of the University of Oxford for his more…
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Genome of HeLa cell line now released to scientists
August 9, 2013 by Lab Canada Bethesda, MD – The first study to sequence and analyze the entire genome of a HeLa cell line, along with access to its sequence data, was published August 7 in its final version, by G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics, an open-access, scientific journal…
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PTEN discovery provides knowledge to individualize treatment
August 9, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Scientists at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have discovered a function of the tumour suppressor gene PTEN that helps explain why certain promising therapies fail in many cancer patients, a finding that could aid in delivering tailored,…
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Quantum of sonics: Bonded, not stirred
August 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Researchers at McGill University have discovered a new way to join materials together using ultrasound. Ultrasound is normally used to smash particles apart in water. In a recent study, the team of researchers, led by McGill professor…
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Bird vaccine may halt West Nile Virus
August 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – University of British Columbia researchers have developed a vaccine that may halt the spread of West Nile Virus (WNV) among common and endangered bird species. WNV, a mosquito borne pathogen, arrived in North America in 1999 and…
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First Nation knowledge aids in quest for anti-cancer compounds
August 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Lethbridge, AB – In the native prairie grasses of southern Alberta, University of Lethbridge biological sciences researcher Dr. Roy Golsteyn is looking for new cancer treatments – and by inviting help from traditional First Nations knowledge practitioners, he is hoping…
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New plant cryopreservation facility gets $2M funding
August 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – Deep-freezing living tissue from the world’s endangered trees and banking the material for future use are among the scientific possibilities at an expanding University of Guelph (U of G) research institute. A cryopreservation facility will be created…
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3-D look at prions may help find cure to brain diseases
August 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Researchers at the University of Alberta have collaborated to create antibodies for a leading prion study in Switzerland and created a 3-D image showing where those antibodies bind to the prion molecule. That will help design the…
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Networking session topics sought for Pittcon 2014
August 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Pittsburgh, PA – A call for topics for Conferee Networking sessions has been issued for Pittcon 2014, which takes place on March 2-6, 2014 at McCormick Place in Chicago. These two-hour sessions provide a special networking opportunity for attendees with…
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Quantum mechanics prize goes to pioneering physicists
August 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The University of Toronto’s Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control has announced Michel Devoret and Robert Schoelkopf, both of Yale University, as winners of the prestigious John Stewart Bell Prize for their enormous contributions to the…
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Canadian plant names and distribution simplified in new database
July 30, 2013 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A comprehensive and curated checklist of all vascular plants reported in Canada, Greenland (Denmark), and Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France), has been published by a group of botanists led by Dr. Luc Brouillet, a specialist of Canadian…
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Renowned cardiologist wins international medicine prize
July 29, 2013 by Lab Canada London, ON – Internationally renowned cardiologist and epidemiologist, Dr. Salim Yusuf, is being awarded with the J Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine. Dr Yusuf is a professor in Western University’s Department of Medicine, and the founder and director of…
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