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Life sciences news briefs (December 19, 2003)
December 19, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON December 19, 2003 The following life sciences news briefs were published this week by Industry Canada: 1) Pharmaceuticals Update Inex releases Onco TCS data from three clinical trials Inex Pharmaceuticals (Vancouver) announced that it released results from three…
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Collaboration to develop genetic screening test for Staphylococcus infection
December 18, 2003 by Lab Canada Calgary and Toronto, ON December 18, 2003 Medical diagnostic laboratory Calgary Laboratory Services (CLS) and DNA-based diagnostics company Tm Bioscience say they intend to collaborate to develop a novel genetic test for the identification and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus (SA),…
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McMaster University medical school receives unprecedented $105M gift
December 17, 2003 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON December 17, 2003 Canadian businessman and philanthropist Michael G DeGroote has given $105 million to McMaster University. The university’s medical school will be the beneficiary of what it says is the largest single cash gift in Canadian history.…
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Forest manager tests biological vegetation treatment developed in Canada
December 17, 2003 by Lab Canada Parry Sound, ON December 17, 2003 Westwind Forest Stewardship says it has tested a novel biological silvicultural technology for hardwood vegetation control in Ontario’s crown and private forest land. Westwind says it thus becomes first in the Ontario forestry industry…
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Beckman Coulter acquires high resolution cell imaging technologies from Q3DM
December 16, 2003 by Lab Canada Fullerton, CA December 16, 2003 Biomedical company Beckman Coulter says it has acquired the assets of Q3DM, including Q3DM’s cell imaging platform, software and cell imaging applications used in pharmaceutical research, cell analysis laboratories and universities. Under terms of the…
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$1.4M boosts road, bridge and pavement research
December 16, 2003 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS December 16, 2003 The Atlantic Innovation Fund will fund a $1.4 million transportation infrastructure research project in the faculty of engineering at Dalhousie University. The project, called Advanced Processes for Infrastructure Health Monitoring, aims to improve the process…
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Urologist awarded research funds to study herbal remedies for prostate and urinary diseases
December 16, 2003 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON December 16, 2003 For the first time in North America, non-traditional methods of treating painful prostate and bladder diseases that are expected to affect more than 50% of the adult population will be scientifically studied by a Queen’s…
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Science and technology gets revitalized focus in Ottawa
December 15, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON December 15, 2003 The new federal government of Paul Martin has begun acting on its promise to place greater focus on the development of science and technology in the country. The first steps were announced shortly after the…
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Life sciences news briefs (December 12, 2003)
December 12, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON — The following life sciences news briefs were published this week by Industry Canada: 1) Pharmaceuticals Update Lorus Therapeutics publishes preclincal results of NC 381 Scientists at Lorus Therapeutics (Toronto) have published the results of investigations aimed at…
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Funding partnership launches $1M schizophrenia research program
December 12, 2003 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK December 11, 2003 The University of Saskatchewan and its partners have announced a $1-million, five-year schizophrenia research program that could lead to earlier diagnosis and improved treatment for people with the serious brain disorder. In addition to basic…
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ART makes scientific advisory board appointments
December 10, 2003 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC December 10, 2003 Bio-optical imaging technologies developer ART Advanced Research Technologies has made new appointments to its scientific advisory board. The most recent members to join to the ART Scientific Advisory Board are Dr Samuel Achilefu, Dr Amir…
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Chronogen seals transfer and research agreements with McGill
December 10, 2003 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC December 10, 2003 Drug discovery company Chronogen says it has secured an exclusive worldwide license from McGill University for screening assays for targets and drugs useful in the treatment and prevention of lipid disorder linked to atherosclerosis. The…
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Biotechnology Human Resource Council projects get green light funding
December 10, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON December 10, 2003 Two projects by the Biotechnology Human Resource Council (BHRC) core infrastructure and good clinical practices and quality systems curriculum development have received $789,373 in funding from the federal government. “We strongly believe that this new…
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Commercialization facility expands in BC
December 9, 2003 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC December 9, 2003 The University of British Columbia has seen the opening of a research commercialization facility on its campus. The facility, which was developed and built by private trust Discovery Parks will house companies spinning out of…
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Top medal for computational chemist in Calgary
December 9, 2003 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB December 9, 2003 A University of Calgary researcher has been formally recognized by his international peers as the “world’s most outstanding computational chemist." Dr Tom Ziegler, a Canada Research Chair in Theoretical Physics and Chemistry, has won the…
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Centre opens for cardiovascular and pulmonary research
December 8, 2003 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC December 8, 2003 The James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, a UBC-affiliated, Providence Health Care-based research facility, has been officially opened. The purpose of iCAPTURE is to link recent breakthroughs in genetic sciences to an…
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Alberta Diabetes Research Institute receives excellence award
December 8, 2003 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB December 8, 2003 The first Canadian Centre of Health Research Excellence Award has been given to the Alberta Diabetes Research Institute at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta. The award, awarded by the…
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Life sciences news briefs (December 05, 2003)
December 5, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON December 5, 2003 The following life sciences news briefs were published by Industry Canada this week. 1) Pharmaceuticals Update Transition Therapeutics receives approval to extend phase I clinical study Transition Therapeutics (Toronto) has received approval to extend the…
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Contract awarded to begin renovations at Defence R&D establishment in Toronto
December 4, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON December , 2003 A contract award for the renovation of the Defence Research and Development Canada research centre in Toronto (DRDC Toronto) has been announced by the federal government. The $5.4-million contract to upgrade and extend the life…
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Nova Scotia launches new training program for medical laboratory technologists
December 3, 2003 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS December 3, 2003 A new class of 25 health professionals from across Nova Scotia will soon begin training to become certified medical laboratory technologists (MLTs). The new class is part of a government program that also includes bursaries…
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Saskatchewan technologies get research dollars
December 3, 2003 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK December 3, 2003 Two technology projects in Saskatchewan are receiving $594,000 as part of a federalprovincial partnership to grow Canada’s intelligent systems industry. The federal and provincial funding will help two companies develop projects to control hazardous materials…
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Dow AgroSciences gains license rights from NRC to technology that fights food pathogens
December 3, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON December 3, 2003 Dow AgroSciences says it has obtained worldwide licensing rights from the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to market technologies that reduce the risk of food-borne pathogens. The agreement gives the company exclusive rights to…
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New genetic testing technology gets funding boost
December 3, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON December 3, 2003 DNA-based diagnostics company Tm Bioscience says that its $25 million research and development project to develop several genetic tests will be supported by a $7.3 million investment from Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC), a special operating…
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Sonic appoints vice president – research and development
December 2, 2003 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC December 2, 2003 Dr James Hill has been named vice president – research & development for additional applications, and chair of the technical advisory board for Sonic Environmental Solutions. Adam Sumel, President and CEO of Sonic Environmental Solutions…
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Research collaboration to develop diagnostic tools for osteoarthritis
December 2, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON December 2, 2003 ChondroGene and the Canadian Arthritis Network (CAN), say they have entered into a new research collaboration. Under the terms of the agreement, ChondroGene will make its technology and tools available to CAN researchers; in return,…
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$38.9M awarded to establish new international underground research facility
December 1, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON December 1, 2003 The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) says it is providing C$38.9 million to create a major new international facility for underground science called SNOLAB. The facility, which will feature the deepest underground laboratory in the…
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Alberta mad cow case not the result of a genetic mutation
November 28, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON November 28, 2003 Genetic analysis of Canada’s "mad cow" case indicates that the illness probably did not occur spontaneously, leaving feed containing the infectious agent as the leading theory on the cause of the disease. A new study,…
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Life sciences news briefs (November 28, 2003)
November 28, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON November 28, 2003 The following life sciences news briefs were published by Industry Canada this week: 1) Pharmaceuticals Update MethylGene MG98 preclinical synergy data with interferon disclosed MethylGene (Montreal) announced results of preclinical synergy studies of MG98 in…
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$1.2M to stimulate research in peat bog management
November 28, 2003 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC November 28, 2003 The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) has created a new industrial research chair at Universit Laval aimed at restoring bogs after peat extraction. The new chair will receive $ 1,247,950 over five…
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UBC researcher finds adult stem cell route to repair muscle damage
November 27, 2003 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC November 27, 2003 Serious muscle injuries, such as the permanent debilitating scarring that results from heart attack, could be repaired by adult stem cells in blood, according to a University of British Columbia researcher. Dr Fabio Rossi, Canada…
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$7.9M earmarked for Canadian radio astronomy research
November 27, 2003 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB November 27, 2003 The Canada Foundation for Innovation has announced funding of $7.9 million to provide Canadian researchers access to the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile. ALMA is, by international consensus, the most important development in…
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