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Cancer researcher wins Aubrey J. Tingle Prize
October 15, 2013 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Prostate cancer researcher Dr. Martin Gleave has won the fourth annual Aubrey J. Tingle Prize. The award, created in honour of Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR)’s founding president & CEO, is given to a British…
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$13.6M funding for cancer research from Terry Fox Foundation
October 15, 2013 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Three cancer research teams are receiving $13.6 million from the Terry Fox Foundation to conduct cutting-edge research in several areas where there are unmet cancer needs. In Ontario, scientists are applying new techniques using lasers and nanotechnologies…
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$7M awarded for genomics research
October 8, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – In conjunction with the Ontario Genomics Institute, the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation has awarded four new projects a total of $7 million in funding. The projects are as follows: At the University of Ottawa, Drs.…
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CML Healthcare unveils automated systems at Mississauga lab
October 7, 2013 by Lab Canada Mississauga, ON – Laboratory services provider CML Healthcare says it has taken a significant step in increasing its throughput and automation by installing two BD Kiestra Total Laboratory Automation (TLA) systems. On September 19, the company held a ribbon-cutting ceremony…
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$4.5M funding creates new multidisciplinary research centre
October 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A new research centre that focuses on finding scientific methods to establish early childhood risk factors for mental illness is being launched in Montreal with a $4.5 million donation from the Irving Ludmer Family Foundation. The new…
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Stem cell researcher wins 2013 Till & McCulloch Award
October 1, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A Canadian technology that has the potential to boost the number of stem cells given to patients undergoing transplants of the blood-forming system has been recognized as the most impactful stem cell research paper authored by a…
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Human pain genetics focus of new excellence research chair
September 30, 2013 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Dr. Luda Diatchenko has been named Canada excellence research chair (CERC) in human pain genetics at McGill University. Russian-born Dr Diatchenko comes to Canada from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the first…
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NanoSight acquired by Malvern Instruments
September 30, 2013 by Lab Canada Amesbury, UK – Nanoparticle characterization company NanoSight has been acquired by Malvern Instruments. The acquisition was completed on Friday, September 27. NanoSight developed and commercialized a special technology called Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA). The company’s instrumentation and software enable the…
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Merck provides $4M in grants for health research in Quebec
September 30, 2013 by Lab Canada Sherbrooke, QC – Merck Canada is reinforcing its commitment to the Quebec life sciences research innovation sector by providing a $4 million grant to the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS) for academic research. The FRQS grant will…
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$4.5M funding for arthritis research
September 23, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Arthritis Society has announced over $4.5 million in funding to support arthritis research projects across the country. The funding will be used to fund both established researchers as well as provide young investigators with their first…
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$1M research chair focuses on Alzheimer’s Disease
September 23, 2013 by Lab Canada Laval, QC – Professor Charles Ramassamy of the INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier Centre has been named the inaugural chairholder of the new Louise and André Charron Research Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease. Funded by a $1 million gift over five years from the…
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$5M funding for project aimed at eliminating HIV/AIDS
September 18, 2013 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – With funding from Genome BC and others, a new $5M project aims to develop an improved HIV drug-resistance test, real-time drug resistance surveillance and better methods for personalizing treatment of HIV based on each patient’s unique DNA.…
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Weather patterns play significant role in seasonal flu
September 13, 2013 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – Influenza is like a cloud, moving across Canada with the fall weather, McMaster University researchers have found. They have established that the spread of seasonal flu in Canada is tied to low temperature and low humidity and…
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Bruker acquires Prairie Technologies
September 13, 2013 by Lab Canada Billerica, MA – Bruker Corporation says it has acquired Prairie Technologies, a provider of life science fluorescence microscopy products. Headquartered near Madison, Wisconsin, privately held Prairie pioneered the use of multiphoton fluorescence microscopy. Its multiphoton product offerings facilitate discoveries in…
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Early-onset Parkinson’s disease linked to genetic deletion
September 10, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and University Health Network (UHN) have found a new link between early-onset Parkinson’s disease and a piece of DNA missing from chromosome 22. The findings help shed…
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Cell membrane protein discovery uses NMR spectroscopy
September 9, 2013 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – University of Guelph physics professors Vladimir Ladizhansky and Leonid Brown say they have perfected ways to determine the structure of large proteins found in cell membranes throughout the body. Their work may help drug companies and other…
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Clinical research centre to open in Laval
September 9, 2013 by Lab Canada Laval, QC – Servier Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of the Servier Research Group, the second largest French pharmaceutical company, has begun construction of a Centre of Excellence in Clinical Research at its Laval location. This new 30,000 square-foot complex represents…
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New life science development centre in cards for Montreal
September 9, 2013 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Following a US$30-million commitment to Sanderling Ventures, BDC Venture Capital and the Fonds de solidarité FTQ say Sanderling will create a permanent facility for the development of early-stage life science projects in Montreal. The funds committed by…
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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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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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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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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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