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$1.6M for health research projects in Newfoundland
December 19, 2011 by Lab Canada St John’s, NL – Newfoundland’s Research & Development Corporation (RDC) is providing more than $1.6 million to support 14 health-related R&D projects at Memorial University’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science. In total, the funding, which totals $1,679,557 will…
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Ovarian cancer vaccine project among five to get funding
December 19, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Genome British Columbia is funding a team of scientists led by Dr Brad Nelson at BC Cancer Agency’s Deeley Research Centre in Victoria, who are exploring the possibility of using the inherent genomic instability of cancer to…
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Common blood protein promotes cancer growth
December 12, 2011 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – Researchers at Dalhousie Medical School have identified a key mechanism of cancer metastasis that could lead to blocking tumour growth. The discovery was published in a recent issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association…
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Researchers obtain structural snapshot for rare genetic disorder
December 8, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute’s Drs Frank Sicheri, Tony Pawson and Sebastian Guettler, in collaboration with Dr Robert Rottapel at the Ontario Cancer Institute, have uncovered the detailed architecture of a crucial component of Tankyrase, a protein…
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Scientists discover how brain corrects bumps to body
December 5, 2011 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – Researchers have identified the area of the brain that controls our ability to correct our movement after we’ve been hit or bumped – a finding that may have implications for understanding why subjects with stroke often have…
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Research pinpoints protective mechanisms in multiple sclerosis
December 5, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – In an article published December 1 in the journal Science, a team of researchers led by Dr Alexander Prat and postgraduate fellow Jorge Alvarez at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) sheds light on how…
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Company launches contract research firm
December 5, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Venture capital firm AmorChem Financial has announced the launch of a new medicinal chemistry contract research company called NuChem Therapeutics. NuChem Therapeutics has started operations at Montreal’s Biotechnology Research Institute. Dr Daniel Guay, formerly with Merck Canada…
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Lab discovers common blood protein promotes cancer growth
November 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – Researchers at Dalhousie Medical School have identified a key mechanism of cancer metastasis that could lead to blocking tumour growth. The discovery was published in the November 1 issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American…
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Awards recognize exceptional contributions to cancer research
November 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Canadian Cancer Research Alliance (CCRA) has announced the recipients of its inaugural awards, which recognize contributions to cancer research in Canada. Dr Philip E Branton receives the award for Exceptional Leadership in Cancer Research for his…
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Health sciences projects awarded funding in Quebec
November 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Two research projects will be funded as part of the third competition of the Pfizer-FRQS Innovation Fund. The projects aim to establish a new therapeutic strategy for HIV and develop a molecular test to predict skin cancer…
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$8.3M supports breast cancer research
November 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – $8.3 million in funding has been announced by Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation to support 24 research projects in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories. “We want our stakeholders and everyone touched by the breast cancer cause…
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Alberta professor wins top national award for spinal cord research
November 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A researcher from the University of Alberta, Dr Simon Gosgnach, has earned the 2011 Barbara Turnbull Award for Spinal Cord Research. The prize is presented annually to the spinal cord researcher who scores the highest ranking in…
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$60M funding extends federal genomics initiative
November 21, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A multi-year funding extension for the federal Genomics Research and Development Initiative (GRDI) has been announced by Gary Goodyear, minister of state (science and technology). The $59.7-million funding is being allocated over three years. Established in 1999,…
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Outstanding health research achievements are celebrated
November 16, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The federal government has announced the recipients of the 2011 Canadian Health Research Awards. The awards will be presented at a special ceremony this evening in Ottawa, hosted by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and…
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$7M Canada-UK collaboration to focus on antibiotic resistance research
November 14, 2011 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – Two Canada-UK research teams have been funded through the Canada/UK Partnership on Antibiotic Resistance, a collaboration between the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the UK Medical Research Council. The partnership’s aim is to stimulate high quality…
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GlaxoSmithKline launches $50M life sciences innovation fund in Canada
November 11, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has launched a new $50-million national fund, called the GSK Canada Life Sciences Innovation Fund, which will be focussed on advancing the commercialization of scientific innovation in Canada by investing in early-stage research. The fund…
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$10M for cancer research in Canada
November 11, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Cancer Research Society (CRS) has announced its 2011 grants. The announcement was made during a recent event at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM). More than $10 million in funding was allocated, in periods…
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$200k awarded to genomics researchers for developing technologies
November 11, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) has announced the recipients of its SPARK program, which was launched in April this year to seed high-impact, high-risk technology development projects in genomics. Four researchers have received $50,000 each to put…
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$12.7M from Terry Fox Foundation supports 3 research projects
November 7, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Multi-million dollar funding from the Terry Fox Foundation through its flagship New Frontiers Program Project Grants program will support new and breakthrough research by scientists and clinicians at health and research centres and institutions in British Columbia,…
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Genomics centre gets $5M funding
November 7, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG) has been awarded $5.1 million to support operations for two years. The announcement was made last week by the Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) as part of the Genome Canada Science and…
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Cardiologist receives Quebec’s highest scientific honour
October 31, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Dr Jean-Claude Tardif, cardiologist, clinician, director of the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) Research Centre, professor of medicine at Université de Montréal, and Pfizer research chair in atherosclerosis at Université de Montréal, has been awarded the Prix Armand-Frappier…
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Clinical research companies join forces
October 27, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC, and Dublin, Ireland – Clinical research organizations JSS Medical Research and Venn Life Sciences Holdings say they are working together in clinical research to provide “best in class” services to the pharmaceutical industry in North America and Europe.…
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Next-generation of genomic variants database launches
October 24, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Version 2 of the Database of Genomic Variants (DGV) launched last week. DGV – also known as “the Toronto Database” – is a public resource that facilitates the translation of genomic information into new diagnostic, prognostic and…
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Cardiac research specialist joins the Montreal Heart Institute
October 24, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – International specialist Dr Matthias Friedrich has joined the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) as a cardiologist, researcher and director of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. Dr Friedrich also holds the newly created Hornstein Chair in Cardiovascular Imaging at the…
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Researchers reconstruct genome of the Black Death
October 12, 2011 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – An international team – led by researchers at McMaster University and the University of Tubingen in Germany – has sequenced the entire genome of the Black Death, one of the most devastating epidemics in human history. This…
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Researchers discover new blood based biomarkers for schizophrenia
October 12, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – GeneNews Limited, a company focused on developing blood-based biomarker tests for the early detection of diseases and personalized health management, says it has published a study data using its own platform technology to identify complex changes in…
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$2.2M supports cancer research in BC
October 10, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The BC Cancer Agency has received nearly $2.2 million in federal funding for equipment purchases. With the Western Economic Diversification Canada funding, the agencywill purchase three genome sequencers to be installed at its Canada’s Michael Smith Genome…
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Study examines early mechanisms of infection by Salmonella
October 3, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Molecular research company Kinexus Bioinformatics has published the results of a major study to investigate the host signalling pathways impacted by Salmonella enterica. The study, which was undertaken in collaboration with researchers at the Centre for High…
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$1.4M funding supports new diabetes research chair
October 3, 2011 by Lab Canada Sherbrooke, QC – The Université de Sherbrooke has announced the creation of a research chair on the causes of type 2 diabetes in order to focus on preventive measures and early treatment. Through a partnership between pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK),…
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UBC scientist awarded $500,000 no-strings-attached fellowship
September 26, 2011 by Lab Canada Chicago, IL – Sarah Otto, a theoretical biologist at the University of British Columbia (UBC), has been named a MacArthur Fellow for 2011 by the John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation. She is one of 22 fellows named by…
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BC’s CDRD to collaborate with Roche to develop health research technologies
September 26, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) says it has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with F Hoffmann-La Roche. Under the agreement, Roche has committed several million dollars to support and jointly develop innovative health…
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