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Automated bacteriology ID system to speed lab’s clinical work
May 24, 2005 by Lab Canada Durham, NC – Medical diagnostics company bioMerieux says it has secured a five-year contract with laboratory testing services company MDS Diagnostic Services. Under the terms of this arrangement, bioMerieux will supply its automated bacteriology identification and susceptibility testing (ID/AST) system…
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$2.3M awards programs support research into gender and health
May 24, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario Women’s Health Council (OWHC) has funded three new awards programs in partnership with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – Institute of Gender and Health (IGH). These new awards programs build on the OWHC’s…
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Magellan Biosciences acquires TekCel
May 20, 2005 by Lab Canada Chelmsford, MA – Magellan Biosciences, a provider of advanced instruments, automated systems, point-of-care products, and consumables for biomedical research and clinical diagnostics, says it has acquired Hopkinton, MA-based TekCel. A developer of sample-management and assay-automation systems for biomedical research, TekCel…
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Procyon Biopharma receives award of excellence for emerging cancer therapies
May 20, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Procyon Biopharma says it has received the 2005 Frost & Sullivan Award for Excellence in Technology in the field of emerging cancer therapies and that acknowledges Procyon’s overall scientific and technological contributions towards the advancement of cancer…
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HPCVL advances work in stem-cell research and physics with technological acquisition
May 20, 2005 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – Sun Microsystems is helping the High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory (HPCVL.org) to more pursue discovery and research projects with the selection of Sun technologies within its high-performance computing centre. The expansion is expected to quadruple current computing…
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SemBioSys receives company of year award from BIOTECanada
May 18, 2005 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – SemBioSys Genetics, a biotechnology company developing a broad pipeline of protein-based pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical products, today announced that it has received the company of the year award at the BIOTECanada Conference 2005 and annual general meeting in…
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$1M provided to study milk’s potential anti-inflammatory properties
May 17, 2005 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – The federal government and biotech company Advitech are together providing over $1 million to support a new collaborative research and development program on potential anti-inflammatory health benefits in cow’s milk. The program, which will study growth…
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BC agency research probes the progress of cancer
May 16, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Understanding the genetics of lymphoma may bring cancer researchers new insights about the molecular changes that cause other cancers to become dangerously malignant. A team of researchers at the BC Cancer Agency are conducting a series of…
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Alcan acquires pharmaceutical glass converter
May 16, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Alcan says it has reached an agreement to purchase Interglass, a privately owned company located in Toronto, specialized in the converting of glass tubing. Alcan says the acquisition will enhance its North American market position in pharmaceutical…
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$1.2 million partnership with Quebec biotech centre renewed
May 16, 2005 by Lab Canada Laval, QC The federal government has made a non-repayable contribution of $1.2 million to the Centre qubcois d’innovation en biotechnologie (CQIB), which is celebrating its tenth anniversary. This funding will serve to cover a portion of the CQIB’s operating costs…
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Funding boosts Nova Scotia innovation trust
May 16, 2005 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – A $5-million investment by Nova Scotia’s provincial government is being added to the province’s research and innovative trust. “R&D investments are important to our scientists, our researchers, our economy, and ultimately our residents,” says Ernest Fage, the…
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New fund encourages research and development in PEI
May 16, 2005 by Lab Canada Charlottetown, PEI – A fund worth $500,000 has been created by PEI’s provincial government to encourage research and development in the island. The series of programs is designed to build capacity in research and development innovation by supporting the transformation…
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Collaborative water-quality research to clean up lake to 1970s levels
May 16, 2005 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – Manitoba Water Stewardship Minister Steve Ashton has announced $150,000 for water quality research on Lake Winnipeg in collaboration with partners in the Lake Winnipeg Research Consortium. The funds will support multi-disciplinary studies on the lake conducted off…
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Extraction capability at the food technology centre enhances biosciences research work
May 16, 2005 by Lab Canada Charlottetown, PEI – A major expansion at the Prince Edward Island Food Technology Centre to accommodate the Atlantic Natural Products Development Initiative was recently opened. In the centre’s laboratory and processing facility, researchers are working with private-sector partners to develop…
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National stroke study sets new practice standard for Canada
May 9, 2005 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – A Canada-wide clinical research study of more than 1,000 stroke patients has put to rest a longstanding controversy about the use of thrombolysis for stroke. The two-year study, Canadian Alteplase for Stroke Effectiveness Study (CASES), recommends the…
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Agency overseeing in vitro research to be located in Vancouver
May 9, 2005 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Federal health minister Ujjal Dosanjh has announced that Vancouver will be the location of the future head office of the Assisted Human Reproduction Agency of Canada. The agency will be established in January 2006 under the Assisted…
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$7M to support study of gender in circulatory and respiratory disease
May 9, 2005 by Lab Canada Ottawa,ON – The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, and the Canadian Lung Association, are jointly providing over $7 million to support four health research projects directed at studying the role of gender…
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$10M strategic alliance extends research into oilseed diversification
May 9, 2005 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – The National Research Council Plant Biotechnology Institute (NRC-PBI) and Dow AgroSciences Canada have signed a five-year strategic alliance. The agreement, with contributions by the parties valued at $10 million over five years, builds on a previous five-year…
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Research infrastructure funding of nearly $1M given to award-winning researchers
May 9, 2005 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Canada Foundation for Innovation is providing a total $988,661 to support the work of the six 2005 Science and Engineering Research Canada (NSERC) Steacie Fellows. The infrastructure funding is being provided as follows: – Roberto Abraham…
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Novel genetic test the focus of collaboration agreement
May 9, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Genetic test developer Tm Bioscience says it has signed an agreement with McMaster University to collaborate on the development of an upper respiratory viral panel using its technology. Dr Jim Mahony, director of the McMaster University Regional…
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Natural sciences and engineering academics receive $510M in research funding and scholarships
May 6, 2005 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – New grants and scholarships worth $510 million were today announced for professors and students across the country. The funding was awarded following national, peer-reviewed competitions conducted by Science and Engineering Research Canada (NSERC). The funds provide the…
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Canadian and US research tracks genetics of hypertension
May 5, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Researchers today announced that they have created a genetic database that offers hope for improved diagnosis and treatment of hypertension, a condition that affects about five million adult Canadians. A team led by Dr Pavel Hamet of…
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$18.3M to fund counter-terrorism science and tech projects
May 4, 2005 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Canada is investing $18.3 million in new projects by the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Research and Technology Initiative (CRTI). Of that sum, $15.9 million will go into research, technology acceleration and technology demonstration projects, and $2.4…
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University Health Network appoints president and CEO
May 4, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dr Robert Bell, currently vice president at University Health Network and chief operating officer of the Princess Margaret Hospital, as the network’s next president & CEO. Dr Bell has been COO at Princess Margaret Hospital and medical…
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Newly developed reaction may speed drug production, reduce costs and waste
May 2, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – University of Toronto researchers have a developed a new chemical reaction that could greatly accelerate pharmaceutical production, while also cutting costs and toxic by-products. The reaction, designed by chemistry professor Mark Lautens and graduate student Eric Fang,…
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$50M supports quantum computing and nanotechnology engineering research
May 2, 2005 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – Ontario’s University of Waterloo says it has received another “magnificent” gift from Ophelia and Mike Lazaridis. The couple has donated $17.2 million in addition to a $33.3-million donation last year. The additional gift will fund three initiatives…
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Dr Mak Tak elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
May 2, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dr Tak Mak, university professor with the University of Toronto’s medical biophysics and immunology department, has been elected a foreign honorary member of one of the most prestigious scholarly academies in the United States. The American Academy,…
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War Amps funds research facility for macular degeneration treatment
April 29, 2005 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The War Amputations of Canada says it will contribute $100,000 to assist in establishing a special research facility to develop a system to detect and provide early treatment for elderly patients who begin to suffer from macular…
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Toronto’s Sick Kids names new research chief
April 29, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Janet Rossant, PhD, has been appointed chief of research at the Hospital for Sick Children (Sick Kids), effective July 1, 2005. Dr Rossant is an internationally recognized expert in developmental biology and one of Canada’s top stem…
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Industrial research chair gets $3M to design new composite material technologies
April 27, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Funding of more than $3 million over the next five years will help Dr Franois Trochu and his team at Montreal’s Ecole Polytechnique to develop and commercialize new technologies for moulding lightweight composite materials for the automotive…
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Optical technology to provide more accurate cancer diagnosis and treatment
April 25, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Researchers at the BC Cancer Agency have developed a new technology to provide more accurate visual diagnosis and treatment of certain cancers. Digital illumination provides precise, dynamic control of light intensity and wavelengths that allows better detection…
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