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Genetic cause of psychosis probed in new research
February 21, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The supersensitivity to dopamine that is characteristic of schizophrenia can be caused by mutations to a wide variety of genes, rather than alterations to just two or three specific genes, according to a University of Toronto researcher.…
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Bone loss research team discovers how acid interacts with osteoclasts
February 18, 2005 by Lab Canada London, ON – Researchers at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) group in skeletal development and remodeling at Western say they have discovered how the acid in the body interacts with the cells responsible for bone loss and what…
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National report card on antibiotic resistance commends efforts but sounds warning
February 17, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Canada remains among the most successful countries in the world in the fight against antibiotic resistance, but new data announced today indicate that while some rates of resistance are decreasing, others are showing an upward trend. The…
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Chair in prostate cancer created at Universit de Montral
February 16, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Universit de Montral is inaugurating the first chair exclusively devoted to research into prostate cancer. The creation of the chair is aimed at improving the prognostic tools vital to the detection of this form of cancer and…
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Pharma company plans new class of antibiotics for superbugs
February 16, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Affinium Pharmaceuticals says it has selected a drug candidate for development of a novel MRSA antibiotic to be used in hospital and community settings. The candidate is one of multiple compounds from the company’s Galapagos program. “It…
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$8M funding to launch biodiversity research centre
February 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A Vancouver couple who are University of British Columbia alumni have donated $8 million toward a biodiversity research centre at the university that will include a museum of natural history. Ross Beaty, a 53-year-old geologist and mining…
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$13M surface engineering and science centre opens
February 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The University of Alberta has opened a $13-million integrated research facility for surface characterization and modification. The new facility is called the Alberta Centre for Surface Engineering and Science. The new centre has comprehensive lab capability and…
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$2.4M injection for New Brunswick Heart Centre
February 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Saint John, NB – New Brunswick’s provincial government has announced a $2.45-million investment to equip a third cardiac catheterization laboratory at the New Brunswick Heart Centre in Saint John. The government says it will invest $1.95 million in the third…
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New stem cell source could boost bone marrow success
February 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – University of Toronto researchers have discovered an ample source of stem cells in an uncharted part of the umbilical cord, providing new hope for bone marrow transplants and tissue repair. The study, published in the February issue…
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$500,000 for research equipment at University of Saskatchewan
February 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Saskatchewan’s provincial government says it is investing nearly a half million dollars in equipment at the University of Saskatchewan to advance research into robotics and brain diseases as well as industrial chemistry. The projects include: – $86,200…
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Acting VP research appointed for University of British Columbia
February 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The University of British Columbia has appointed of Dr David Dolphin, a finalist for this year’s Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, as acting vice-president, research. Dr Dolphin, a UBC chemistry professor, is also…
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Researchers shed light on formation of carcinogen in processed food products
February 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Furan, a potentially dangerous chemical, has been found by Health Canada and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in processed foods, especially canned or bottled foods. A new study by McGill researchers Varoujan Yaylayan and graduate…
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Toronto researcher wins prestigious international award for bone and mineral research
February 11, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dr Jane E Aubin, scientific co-director and CEO of the Canadian Arthritis Network has received the William F Neumann Award for 2004 from the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR). The award recognizes Dr Aubin’s…
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New president appointed to National Research Council
February 11, 2005 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Dr Pierre Coulombe has been appointed president of the National Research Council. “I am pleased to welcome Dr. Coulombe as President of the National Research Council,” says David Emerson, minister of industry and minister responsible for the…
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Survey underscores need for more effective technology commercialization
February 11, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Despite its key role in the development of the life science industry in Quebec, the province’s development model is at least partially to blame for the financing problems encountered by biotechnology companies. This is the conclusion of…
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New leader named for the Xerox Research Centre of Canada
February 11, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Xerox says it has appointed Dr Hadi Mahabadi to vice president and centre manager of the Xerox Research Centre of Canada (XRCC) one of the company’s premier research labs. The appointment was announced by Herv Gallaire, chief…
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$3.6 million contract to supply growth rooms to plant research facility
February 9, 2005 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – Controlled environment systems maker Conviron says it has been awarded a contract to supply 16 plant growth rooms and control systems to a new plant research facility for the department of plant sciences at the University of…
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Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal inaugurates polymer research lab
February 8, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Robert Papineau, Ecole Polytechnique de Montral’s Director General, together with Professor Pierre Carreau, Director of the school’s Centre de recherche en plasturgie et composites (Research Centre on Polymers and Polymer Matrix Composites – CREPEC), have officially opened…
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Collaborative research to create microwave vacuum instrument
February 8, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Research and development company EnWave says it has formed a collaborative research relationship with Dr Helen Burt, Angiotech professor of drug delivery in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia. The partners plan…
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Pediatric rheumatologist wins international award for rheumatology research
February 7, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dr Brian Feldman has received the Henry Kunkel Young Investigator Award, given yearly to scientists under the age of 45 by the American College of Rheumatology, for his research in childhood rheumatic disease. Dr Feldman holds a…
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BIOTECanada announces new president and CEO
February 7, 2005 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Peter Brenders, recently of Genzyme Canada, has been appointed the new president and CEO of BIOTECanada. Mr Brenders joined Genzyme Canada in 2002 as the company’s health affairs executive responsible for government relations, external affairs and market…
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Cancer advocates renew call for strategy to control cancer at national forum
February 2, 2005 by Lab Canada Aylmer, AC – More than 100 of Canada’s leading cancer advocates, nurses, doctors, patients and researchers have renewed their call for action on a national strategy to control cancer to help prevent more than 1.2 million Canadians from developing the…
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Grant applications keep growing for CIHR
January 31, 2005 by Lab Canada The Canadian Institutes of Health Research says its September 2004 operating grants competitions received an unprecedented level of applications – 1,687 applications versus 1,493 applications for September 2003, an increase of 13%. This compares to 1,176 for September 1999, the…
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IBM Centre for Advanced Studies opening in Alberta
January 31, 2005 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Alberta’s provincial government, IBM and the University of Alberta are joining forces, investing an estimated $1.2 million in technology innovation and the creation of an IBM Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS) in Alberta at the University of…
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New research initiative takes aim at cystic fibrosis
January 31, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CCFF) has launched a new $6-million research program called Breathe (Basic Research and Therapy). This ambitious research initiative will fund two teams of scientific and clinical investigators, chosen through a Canada-wide competition,…
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Medicago announces research collaboration with Bayer CropScience
January 31, 2005 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – Medicago says it has entered into a product development agreement with Bayer CropScience in the field of plant-made pharmaceuticals. The goal of the collaboration is to assess the feasibility of using Medicago’s Proficia protein technology for…
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Manitoba puts $600,000 in research network for advanced materials
January 21, 2005 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MN – Manitoba has extended funding by $600,000 to the ISIS (Intelligent Sensing and Innovative Structures) Canada Research Network to continue local research using advanced materials and sensing technologies to improve the construction and repair of transportation infrastructure. "Manitoba…
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Feds give $1.M for power research in Manitoba
January 21, 2005 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MN – The federal government has earmarked $1.5 million over five years for two new NSERC Industrial Research Chairs in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Manitoba. Manitoba Hydro is also sponsoring both chairs. The chairs will…
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Cipher announces sale of pharmaceutical research services business
January 21, 2005 by Lab Canada Mississauga, ON – Cipher Pharmaceuticals says it is selling its pharmaceutical research services business, Pharma Medica Research, to a group led by the current management team of Pharma Medica. Consideration will consist of a cash payment of $14 million on…
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Biotech firm begins development of pandemic influenza vaccine
January 19, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – ID Biomedical says it has begun development of an experimental (“mock”) vaccine against a strain of the influenza virus, H5N1, that experts believe could cause a deadly worldwide epidemic (pandemic) of influenza. The H5N1 strain is a…
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More deadly infections found in large and teaching hospitals
January 17, 2005 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – Potentially deadly antibiotic-resistant infections such as C difficile have a higher rate of occurrence in Canada’s large and teaching hospitals, a new national study by Queen’s University shows. Other super bugs identified in the study are methicillin-resistant…
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