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Mediterranean meals better than junk food
October 31, 2012 by Lab Canada Montreal and Toronto – In a bid to compare bad fat versus good fat, researchers undertook a study to compare the effects of junk food and a typical Mediterranean meal on the vascular endothelium – the inner lining of the blood vessels.…
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Early life development impacted by adversity
October 26, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – It is the interaction between biology and environment in early life that influences human development, according to a series of studies recently published in a special edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).…
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Stem cells may prevent and cure Alzheimer’s
September 28, 2012 by Lab Canada Seoul, South Korea – Researchers at Korea’s Seoul National University and the RNL Stem Cell Technology Institute announced this week the results of a study that suggests that adult stem cells may not only have a positive effect on those…
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Psychopaths may not suffer from a mental disorder
September 21, 2012 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – The common perception has always been that psychopaths suffer from a mental disorder. A study now is disputing this long held belief. A study led by Queen’s University postdoctoral fellow Daniel Krupp surmises that psychopaths may not…
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Growing drugs inside corn
September 18, 2012 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Corn can provide more than tasty food, animal feed or the sugar for what we should not eat. Researchers in Canada and Australia have grown a drug in corn that can treat a rare genetic disease. Reporting…
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Plankton defenseless as water chemistry changes
September 14, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON — A recent study has shown that changes in Canadian lake water chemistry has left plankton vulnerable to their predators. York biology Professor Norman Yan, the study’s senior author, says this may pose a serious environmental threat since…
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Can loss of hearing be restored?
September 13, 2012 by Lab Canada London, UK – Deaf gerbils have brought hope to people suffering from an intractable form of deafness caused by nerve damage. Researchers have restored hearing to deaf gerbils using human embryonic stem cells. After treating 18 gerbils with complete deafness…
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Vascular dementia research gets $5 million gift
September 12, 2012 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – The Katthy Taylor Chair in Vascular Dementia has been created at the University of Calgary with a generous gift of $5 million from Calgary’s Taylor family. This research chair will help thousands of people by studying a…
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Epigenetics researcher a 2012 Balzan prizewinner
September 10, 2012 by Lab Canada Milan, Italy – The four Balzan Prizewinners 2012 were announced today in Milan. The winners were David Baulcombe (UK), University of Cambridge, for Epigenetics, Ronald Dworkin (USA), New York University, for Jurisprudence, Reinhard Strohm (Germany), University of Oxford (UK), for…
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Common virus as potential cancer therapy
September 7, 2012 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – The potential use of the reovirus as a possible treatment for multiple myeloma, a cancer that affects blood cells is being studied by researchers at the University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services’ Tom Baker Cancer Centre.…
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Call for Qubec research consultation
September 6, 2012 by Lab Canada Québec City, Québec – For the research community and the future of public research in Québec, the strategic planning initiatives of the Fonds and the efforts to renew the QRIS are of paramount importance in terms of directions and funding.…
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Breakthrough in treatment of muscular dystrophy
August 29, 2012 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB A new drug cocktail used by a researcher in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta improved Duchenne muscular dystrophy symptoms in non-human lab models. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is one a common genetic disorders…
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Controlling Johne’s disease in Alberta’s dairy cattle
August 28, 2012 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – Johne’s disease is an infectious disease that costs the Canadian cattle industry at least $90 million a year in lost production and animal deaths. A voluntary program run by researchers at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at…
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Drug research team welcomes Queen’s scientist
August 27, 2012 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – Focuses on mitigating the serious side effects from using nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) the Personalized NSAID Therapeutics Consortium (PENTACON) is 39 investigators from 18 institutions and four countries. A Canadian researcher has recently joined this group. Dr.…
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PhD student nets award for lamprey discovery
August 24, 2012 by Lab Canada Windsor, ON — The sea lamprey is a long and parasitic eel-like fish that attaches itself to the side of larger fish, essentially sucking the innards out of its host. Warren Green, a PhD student in Biological Sciences at the…
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Squirrels squeezed by climate change
August 23, 2012 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB — Rocky Mountain ground squirrels are hibernate longer due to climate change and this is affecting their survival rates according to a recent study completed at the University of Alberta. An international research team examined data on a…
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McGill and Intellectual Ventures partner on new inventions
August 22, 2012 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – To enhance McGill University’s access to global commercial markets for its innovations, the university has announced a partnership with Intellectual Ventures (IV) to provide an additional avenue for its faculty to commercialize their inventions and discoveries. Intellectual…
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Linking toxins and eggshells
August 21, 2012 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – Measuring egg colour may offer a quick, inexpensive and non-destructive way to monitor areas of concern and evaluate potential human health risks according to new research. Environmental contaminants can cause birds’ eggs to change colour, offering a…
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Plants recover metals from mine waste
August 20, 2012 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A research study to explore the use of plants to recover precious metals from mine tailings has received a $1.4 million grant. Researchers at the University of British Columbia and an international team have made initial studies…
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Genetic cause for body tremors found
August 17, 2012 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Essential Tremor (ET) is the most common movement disorder, becoming increasingly frequent with increasing age, which is characterized by an involuntary shaking movement (tremor) that occurs with motion, particularly when doing precise fine movement. Researchers at the…
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New tissue engineering tool invented at UofT
August 16, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A new device that may allow for the uniform, large-scale engineering of tissue has been developed at the University of Toronto. Scientists manipulate biomaterials into the micro-device through several channels. The biomaterials are then mixed, causing a…
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A sensor to detect when plants are under attack
August 15, 2012 by Lab Canada Athens, GA – What we perceive as a sweet aroma of freshly cut grass is actually the plant equivalent of a distress call, one that the grass releases to signal that the lawn is under attack. “Plants have a defense mechanism…
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Pittcon 2013 announces conferee networking call for topics
July 12, 2012 by Lab Canada Pittsburgh, PA – The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy announced its annual Call for Topics for Conferee Networking Sessions for Pittcon 2013, which will be held March 17-21, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The…
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Seabirds affected by plastic pollution in Pacific Northwest
July 10, 2012 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Plastic pollution off the northwest coast of North America is reaching a very high level according to a new study led by a researcher at the University of British Columbia. The study, published online in the journal…
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University of Saskatchewan vaccine researchers in Kenya
July 5, 2012 by Lab Canada Kenya – Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) are in Kenya to launch two major projects aimed at addressing food security through livestock vaccine development. One project, led by VIDO-InterVac, is a…
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Cause of an inherited form of epilepsy discovered
July 4, 2012 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Researchers at McGill University have discovered the cause of an inherited form of epilepsy. The disease, known as double-cortex syndrome, primarily affects females and arises from mutations on a gene located on the X chromosome. Using an…
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New network to improve quality of life for children
July 3, 2012 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A cure for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in children and to improve the quality of care for patients and their families who suffer from these debilitating diseases will be the goal of the Canadian Children Inflammatory Bowel…
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Coffee consumption inversely associated with risk of most common form of skin cancer
July 2, 2012 by Lab Canada Philadelphia, PA — Increasing the number of cups of caffeinated coffee you drink could lower your risk of developing the most common form of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma, according to a study published in Cancer Research, a journal of…
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Research going cheap
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Study: Metabolic effects of tesamorelin in obese subjects with reduced growth hormone secretion
June 27, 2012 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC — Theratechnologies Inc. announced that results of a study entitled Metabolic Effects of a Growth Hormone-Releasing Factor in Obese Subjects with Reduced Growth Hormone Secretion. The study results were presented June 26, 2012 at the 94th Annual Meeting…
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Enviropigs meet their end
June 26, 2012 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – The public’s aversion to consuming genetically modified food has resulted in the death of 10 enviropigs at the University of Guelph. This group of genetically engineered pigs was put down last month when the university determined it…
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