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Key mechanism in metastasis discovered by Alberta researchers
September 2, 2014 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A new study from the research group of Dr. John Lewis at the University of Alberta and the Lawson Health Research Institute has confirmed that invadopodia play a key role in the spread of cancer. The study,…
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Pipette system boosts lab’s productivity
September 1, 2014 by Lab Canada Integrating an Integra Viaflo 96 multichannel pipette into its high-throughput expression facility has enabled Molecular Partners in Zurich, Switzerland to streamline the discovery and development of a novel class of targeted protein therapeutics termed DARPins. Molecular Partners is a privately…
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$5M supports research into neurodegenerative diseases
August 15, 2014 by Lab Canada London, ON – A $5-million gift to Western University will be devoted to supporting researchers studying neurodegenerative diseases. The funding will be used to advance a special five-year study, led by Dr. Michael J. Strong, Dean of Schulich Medicine &…
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Researchers develop screen for drug-resistant form of hep C drug
August 11, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A project by researchers at the University of British Columbia has developed a screening process to ensure that an effective but expensive treatment for hepatitis C (HCV) will be given to only those patients who would benefit…
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New DNA analysis technique promises speedier diagnosis
August 5, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Researchers from McGill University and the Génome Québec Innovation Centre have achieved a technical breakthrough which they say should result in speedier diagnosis of cancer and various pre-natal conditions. The key discovery, which is described online this…
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Mouse models of autism respond to therapy of social aspect part of brain
August 5, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – An area of the brain tied to empathy, urges and other social aspects of our behaviour is abnormal in mice used to model autism, but some of the abnormality is repairable with drug therapy during a critical…
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Study probes gene responsible for neuromuscular disorder
July 30, 2014 by Lab Canada Peterborough, ON – Craig Brunetti, a biology professor at Trent University, along with environmental and life sciences PhD student Andressa Lacerda and undergraduate biochemistry student Emily Hartjes, have discovered the cellular mechanism that results in Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT) disease,…
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Genetic mechanism for ALS is uncovered
July 29, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers have found a missing link that helps to explain how ALS paralyses and ultimately kills its victims. The breakthrough is helping them trace a path to a treatment or even a cure. “ALS research has been…
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$1.2M awarded to Crohn’s and colitis researchers
July 29, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Crohn’s and Colitis Canada has awarded four research grants, totalling $1,229,750, to researchers across Ontario. The grants will support a number of research projects relating to Crohn’s and colitis, known collectively as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Drs.…
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$2.1M translational chair in cancer appointed
July 29, 2014 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Lynne Postovit, PhD, has received an AIHS Translational Health Chair in Cancer from Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions (AIHS). She will receive approximately $2.1 million for the seven-year research program. Dr. Postovit is a newly appointed associate…
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Potential anti-cancer agent focus of study
July 21, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The path of discovery to developing a potential anti-cancer agent by a team led by Dr. Tak Mak has been published in the journal Cancer Cell. “What began with the question ‘what makes a particular aggressive form…
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Study discovers genetic variant that protects against Alzheimer’s disease
July 21, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Judes Poirier, PhD, C.Q., from the Douglas Mental Health Institute and McGill University in Montreal, and his team have discovered that a relatively frequent genetic variant actually conveys significant protection against the common form of Alzheimer’s disease…
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$99.5M renews funding for genome institute
July 15, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has renewed the Genomics Research and Development Initiative (GRDI) with $99.5 million over the next five years. GRDI coordinates eight federal science departments and agencies in the field of genomics…
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BC researchers receive Scholars Awards
July 15, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Thirty-two BC health researchers have been named recipients of Scholar awards through MSFHR’s 2014 Scholar Program funding competition. The award recipients, selected from a highly competitive pool of more than 120 applicants, are working on projects that…
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$2.5M funding to study genetic link among three chronic diseases
July 15, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A team of researchers affiliated with the University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute (uOBMRI) has been awarded a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to explore a possible genetic link…
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$5M awarded to prostate cancer research team
July 15, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dr. John Bartlett of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (principal investigator) and his team of 14 co-investigators from several provinces have been awarded the $5 million 2014 Movember Team Grant. Their research is entitled ‘The prostate…
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Prostate cancer researcher lands major research award
July 10, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dr. Mads Daugaard, a senior research scientist with the Vancouver Prostate Centre, has won the Safeway Rising Star in Prostate Cancer Research Award. A $450,000 research grant provided by Prostate Cancer Canada, the award acknowledges emerging leaders…
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Dalhousie neuroscientists receive $1.7M from CIHR
June 27, 2014 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – Two neuroscientists at Dalhousie Medical School have received $1.7 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to answer key questions about how circuits in the spinal cord allow us to move in coordinated, rhythmic ways,…
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$5.7M supports research on breast cancer in young women
June 18, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A pan-Canadian research team investigating breast cancer in young women is being supported with $5.7 million in funding from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Institute of Cancer Research. The program…
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CQDM and Sanofi Canada partner to accelerate drug discovery
June 18, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Drug discovery research in Canada is receiving a boost with an announcement that CQDM and Sanofi Canada have formed a partnership to support highly innovative research. Sanofi Canada will be contributing up to $500,000 over a period…
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Meeting explores barriers to accelerating HIV vaccine discovery
June 18, 2014 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – Twelve national and international experts in HIV and non-HIV vaccine discovery and development exchanged information from the perspectives of basic science, regulatory affairs and industry at the Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative (CHVI) Research and Development Alliance Coordinating…
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Neuromuscular disease network to enhance research, clinical care
June 18, 2014 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – The Canadian Neuromuscular Disease Network was launched last week by the University of Calgary’s Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and Muscular Dystrophy Canada. “Neuromuscular diseases are individually rare but as a group…
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Canada, Australia to collaborate in stem cell research
June 17, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON and Melbourne, Australia – Canada’s Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM) and the Stem Cells Australia consortium have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to increase the translation of stem cell research in…
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$15 million funding boosts cancer trials collaboration
June 11, 2014 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – The NCIC Clinical Trials Group (CTG) at Queen’s University has been awarded $15 million in funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health through the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) to strengthen its work leading major cancer…
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Partnership strengthens drug development pipeline
June 11, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Canada’s national drug development and commercialization centre, the Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), says it has entered into a new affiliation agreement with the University of Manitoba. The agreement opens the door for the university’s…
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Newly launched $1M grant supports ALS research
June 5, 2014 by Lab Canada Markham, ON – ALS Canada has launched a $1 million grant, in efforts to accelerate a discovery for a therapeutic breakthrough for the terminal disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The grant, named after one…
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Study turns free radical theory of aging on its head
May 12, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Many people believe that free radicals, the sometimes-toxic molecules produced by our bodies as we process oxygen, are the culprit behind aging. Yet a number of studies in recent years have produced evidence that the opposite may…
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Vaccine developed by Canadian scientist approved for human trials
May 12, 2014 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – A vaccine invented at the University of Guelph to protect against Campylobacter jejuni – one of the leading bacterial causes of food-borne illness in the world – has just been approved for human clinical trials by the…
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Scientists find new way to mobilize immune system against viruses
May 12, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – University of British Columbia scientists have uncovered an intricate chain reaction in the body’s immune system and have used the knowledge to develop a new treatment against harmful viruses. Viral pandemics, such as the coronavirus that caused…
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$3.7M funds Alzheimer’s research consortium and projects
May 9, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Pfizer Canada is providing $3.7 million in funding to support a consortium on the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease and six related projects. The funding is provided through the Pfizer-FRQS Innovation Fund for Alzheimer’s disease and related…
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$19M supports brain research projects
May 6, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC The Canada Brain Research Fund, the Brain Canada Foundation, the Azrieli Foundation and the Chagnon Foundation are all partnering to support five research projects aim to discover new treatment and prevention strategies to address Autism Spectrum Disorders, Fragile…
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