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Large-scale carbon dioxide storage is safe: study
September 7, 2004 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – September 7, 2004 – A report released today at the international Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference in Vancouver concludes that geological conditions in the Weyburn oil field in western Canada are favourable for long-term storage of carbon…
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Mantra research balloon successfully launched to probe the ozone layer
September 3, 2004 by Lab Canada Longueuil, QC – September 3, 2004 – Scientists from the Canadian Space Agency, Environment Canada, the University of Toronto, York University and the University of Waterloo this week launched a large research balloon in an intensive study of the ozone…
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Scientific data storage and access issues to be probed at scientific forum
August 23, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – August 23, 2004 – The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) will be holding a forum for the National Consultation on Access to Scientific Research Data (NCASRD) on November 22-23, 2004. During this two-day forum, participants will…
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$1M donated for innovation centre at McMaster
August 18, 2004 by Lab Canada Mississauga, ON – August 18, 2004 – Xerox Canada has given a $1 million gift to McMaster University toward the building of a new Centre of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a first of its kind in Ontario. “This endowment is dedicated…
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New chief for ingenuity organization
August 18, 2004 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – August 18, 2004 – Dr Peter Hackett, an internationally recognized chemical physicist and research leader, has been appointed as president and CEO of Alberta Ingenuity. Dr Hackett will assume his position in October 2004. Dr Hackett will…
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Protox retains research firm for next phase of preclinical trials
August 18, 2004 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – August 18, 2004 – Biotech company Protox Therapeutics says it has retained preclinical contract research organization CTBR (ClinTrials BioResearch) to conduct expanded preclinical and toxicology trials of PSA-PA1. The product is in development for treating localized prostate…
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Scientists launch giant research balloon to study ozone layer
August 18, 2004 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – August 18, 2004 – Scientists from Environment Canada, the University of Toronto, York University and the University of Waterloo are launching one large research balloon and a series of smaller balloons in an intensive study of the…
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Paleo-DNA laboratory the first university lab accredited for forensic testing
August 16, 2004 by Lab Canada Thunder Bay, ON – August 16, 2004 – Lakehead University’s paleo-DNA laboratory has become the first university laboratory in Canada to become accredited by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) for forensic DNA testing. “Accreditation of the Paleo-DNA laboratory is…
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Biosecurity/histology labs in Alberta reopen after upgrade
August 16, 2004 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – August 16, 2004 – The Alberta government’s post mortem level II biosecurity laboratory in Edmonton recently went through extensive refitting and upgrading. Work on the lab started in January and was recently completed. “The upgrades to the…
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Ontario boosts water inspection/compliance staff
August 11, 2004 by Lab Canada Chatham, ON – August 11, 2004 – A total 33 new water inspectors and compliance staff have been hired by Ontario’s government. The new staff include:– Twenty drinking water inspectors, raising the total number of inspectors in Ontario from 81…
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Pulp and paper research organization restructures operations
August 9, 2004 by Lab Canada Pointe-Claire, QC – Aug 9, 2004 – Paprican, the Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada, has undergone a significant reconfiguration of its operations in Pointe-Claire, QC, and Vancouver, BC.<br><br>“The objective of the restructuring is to better position and strengthen…
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First comprehensive mapping of cartilage transcripts paper published in Genomics
August 9, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Aug. 9, 2004 – ChondroGene says that its paper entitled “First Comprehensive Mapping of Cartilage Transcripts to the Human Genome” has been published in Genomics. The article is currently available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com and will be published…
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Ontario’s liquor board reports its testing and research activities
July 30, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – July 30, 2004 – The LCBO Quality Assurance laboratory conducted almost 368,000 tests on 15,700 different beverage alcohol samples prior to their sale in fiscal 2003-04, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) has reported. Eight percent…
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Pharma research spending saw drop in 2003
July 28, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – July 28, 2004 – The federal government’s Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) has released figures on research and development by pharmaceutical patent holders across Canada for 2003. In 2003, R&D expenditures by these companies totalled $1.19…
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Study identifies novel stem cell in blood and vessel formation
July 20, 2004 by Lab Canada London, ON – July 20, 2004) – A study published today from the Krembil Centre for Stem Cell Biology at Robarts Research Institute has for the first time identified the specific precursor stem cell that give rise not only to…
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Canadian scientists take part in major international study on air pollution
July 15, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – July 15, 2004 – Canadian scientists will be among more than 500 researchers from five countries involved in a major international study on the movement of air pollution. Some 40 researchers from Canada will take part in…
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$24M for research infrastructure support announced
June 29, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – June 29, 2004 – The Canada Foundation for Innovation’s board of directors today approved $23.8 million to support 124 projects involving 140 researchers at 40 research institutions across Canada. The support is coming through two funds: $18.3…
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Research group to study cardiovascular benefits of traditional aboriginal medicine
June 28, 2004 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – June 28, 2004 – A newly formed research group at the University of Saskatchewan is working with two northern Saskatchewan Aboriginal communities to study traditional First Nations medicine that may reduce hypertension and improve heart health. With…
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Whole genome study discovers 10 new gene candidate regions in Crohn’s disease
June 22, 2004 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC & Mountain View, CA – June 22, 2004 – Biotech companies Galileo Genomics and Perlegen Sciences say they have completed a linkage disequilibrium-based genome-wide scan (LD-GWS) of Crohn’s disease in the Quebec founder population. The study identified two…
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$200 million pledged toward new energy technologies
June 21, 2004 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – June 21, 2004 – The development of innovative technologies to maximize recovery of Alberta’s oil and natural gas reserves will get a boost through an expanded royalty reduction program in partnership with industry. The strategy provides the…
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Climate change research enhanced with $350,000 in new funding
June 21, 2004 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MN – June 21, 2004 – Climate change research in Manitoba is going to be bolstered by the addition of a climate change research professor supported by both the provincial government and Manitoba Hydro. Manitoba Hydro says it will…
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Report says cost-cutting still threatens Canada’s ability to sustain leading-edge research
June 17, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – June 17, 2004 – The scientists warn that cost-cutting measures at the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC), which began in the mid-1990s, will erode its ability to sustain leading-edge research. The report, released today, suggests that loss…
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Biodiesel pilot plant showcases Canadian green technology
June 17, 2004 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – June 17, 2004 – Biodiesel producer BIOX Corporation says it intends to scale up their existing one-million-litre pilot plant to a 60-million-litre-per-annum facility. “We have been successfully producing ASTM standard biodiesel at our one-million-litre pilot plant from…
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Scientists discover first cells that lead to retinoblastoma
June 14, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – June 14 – Scientists at Toronto Western Hospital have discovered the specific cells in the eye that develop into retinoblastoma, the most common eye cancer in young children. The research suggests that these cells already have cancer-like…
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Viventia Biotech expands clinical program in head and neck cancer
June 7, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – June 7, 2004 – Biotech company Viventia Biotech says it has begun a second Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of head and neck cancer with its lead product candidate, Proxinium. This clinical trial involves a…
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Canadian and Swedish scientists to collaborate on leading-edge genomics projects
June 1, 2004 by Lab Canada Stockholm, Sweden – June 1, 2004 – Professor Staffan Normark, executive director of the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research today announced the approval of six new Swedish genomics and proteomics research projects, totalling an investment of US$2 million. All of…
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Avian flu genome sequence provides important new information
May 28, 2004 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – May 28, 2004 – The BC Cancer Agency’s Genome Sciences Centre (GSC), the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and the Animal Health Centre, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (AHC) have worked together to complete the…
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Imperial Oil donates $650,000 to university research
May 26, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – May 26, 2004 – Imperial Oil has donated $650,000 to fund research projects at Canadian universities as part of a program that has been maintained continuously for over 50 years. Over the last five years alone, the…
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Physicists entangle light, pave way to atomic-scale measurements
May 21, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – May 21, 2004 – U of T physicists have developed a way to entangle photons that could ultimately lead to an extremely precise new measurement system. Their study appears in the May 13 issue of the journal…
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Life sciences news briefs (May 18, 2004)
May 18, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – May 18, 2004 – The following life sciences news briefs were recently published by Industry Canada. 1) Pharmaceuticals Update Vasogen’s VP025 reduces brain injury in preclinical model Vasogen (Mississauga) announced that preclinical findings demonstrating the ability of…
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Hydro-Qubec donates $12 million to Laval University
May 14, 2004 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – May 13, 2004 – Hydro-Qubec has donated $12 million to Laval University. The donation, to be used to found the Institut Hydro-Qubec en environnement, dveloppement et socit, will be paid out over the next ten years…
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