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Suppressing hormone could help reduce obesity
December 9, 2014 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – Researchers from McMaster have identified an important hormone that is elevated in obese people and contributes to obesity and diabetes by inhibiting brown fat activity. Brown adipose tissue — widely known as ‘brown fat’ — is located…
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Researchers identify protein that controls the genome ‘guardian’
December 9, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A new study published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) sheds new light on a well-known mechanism required for the immune response. Researchers at the…
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Obesity may shorten life expectancy up to 8 years
December 9, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A new study led by investigators at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and McGill University. The researchers examined the relationship between body weight and life expectancy. Their findings show that overweight and…
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New institute to study regenerative medicine
December 3, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A new institute has been set up in Ontario to study the diseases of aging, and at the same time the first three awards being funded under the new institute have been announced, with a total of…
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$50M partnership to strengthen health research in Newfoundland and Labrador
December 3, 2014 by Lab Canada St John’s, NL – Memorial University will receive $50 million over the next five years to support a wide-ranging health-care initiative that will provide enhanced, personalized patient care through collaborative, multidisciplinary research. Less than 20 percent of applied medical research…
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New lab to research plant-based medicines
December 2, 2014 by Lab Canada Burnaby, BC – A new laboratory to research plant-based medicines such as ginseng, hawthorn and elderberry at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) was awarded provincial funding of $368,000. The research infrastructure project at BCIT was awarded the money…
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Internationally significant discovery maps evolution of breast cancer
December 2, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A paper in the journal Nature highlights how researchers at the BC Cancer Agency are using human breast cancer ‘avatars’ – models of human breast cancers – to measure how complex cancers develop and change over time.…
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Cutting-edge severe weather forecasting technology to be developed
December 2, 2014 by Lab Canada Québec City, QC – The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the National Optics Institute (INO) have formed a partnership to improve forecasting of severe weather events. As part of the partnership, the CSA is awarding a contract worth $650,000 to…
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Advanced research in Northern Ontario gets funding boost
December 2, 2014 by Lab Canada Thunder Bay, ON – Two research institutes in Thunder Bay are receiving a total of $900,000 in funding from the province’s Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC). The projects will allow the institutes to purchase equipment and hire extra staff…
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Biomedical research to grow with opening of $1.5M zebrafish lab
December 2, 2014 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – Dalhousie Medical School recently celebrated the opening of a new lab: the Zebrafish Core Facility. Housed in the university’s Life Sciences Research Institute (LSRI), the $1.5 million facility is one of the largest of its kind in…
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$7M supports Alzheimer’s research
November 25, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – In December 2013 four organizations came together to develop the British Columbia Alzheimer’s Research Award Program. Brain Canada, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR), Genome British Columbia (Genome BC), and The Pacific Alzheimer Research Foundation…
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Study identifies new player in brain function and memory
November 25, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Is it possible to change the amount of information the brain can store? Perhaps, according to a new international study led by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC). The research has identified a…
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Bioniche Life Sciences rebrands itself
November 25, 2014 by Lab Canada Belleville, ON – Bioniche Life Sciences has changed its name to Telesta Therapeutics. The company says the name and branding change is part of a strategic plan to become a focused late-stage human therapeutics company. “Our decision to implement this…
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Discovery blocks vicious cycle of inflammation and tumour growth
November 25, 2014 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A team of researchers from the University of Alberta has discovered a new approach to fighting breast and thyroid cancers by targeting an enzyme they say is the culprit for the vicious cycle of tumour growth, spread…
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$5M for study to investigate vomiting, diarrhea in children
November 25, 2014 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – A new research team in Alberta is receiving $5M from the province’s government to study severe intestinal infections. The research team, called the Alberta Provincial Pediatric Enteric Infection Team (APPETITE), will bring together clinicians and scientists to…
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New cancer genes predicted by human interactome map
November 25, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Scientists have created the largest-scale map to date of direct interactions between proteins encoded by the human genome and newly predicted dozens of genes to be involved in cancer. The new human interactome map describes about 14,000…
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Canadian researchers confront Ebola
November 21, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Leading researchers from across the country came together last week to discuss Ebola treatment and action. The meeting – organized by the Neglected Global Diseases Initiative at University of British Columbia (NGDI-UBC), in partnership with the Vancouver…
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Fecal transplant technique reaps benefits in treating IBD: study
November 21, 2014 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Dina Kao, a gastroentologist at the University of Alberta Hospital and an associate professor in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry’s Department of Medicine, is one of a handful of people in Canada, and just two in…
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Historic $130M gift establishes new heart research centre
November 20, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), University Health Network (UHN) and the University of Toronto (U of T) announced today the creation of the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research (the Centre) funded by a donation of…
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Canada begins Ebola vaccine trial
November 20, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) has launched a Phase I clinical trial for Canada’s Ebola vaccine (VSV-EBOV). The clinical trial will take place in Halifax. Jointly funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and…
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Gene-based environmental monitoring method gets development support
November 20, 2014 by Lab Canada Fredericton, NB – The University of New Brunswick’s Canadian Rivers Institute is receiving $280,000 from the federal government to support its work on the development of new gene-based environmental monitoring method that is said to be more cost-effective and accurate…
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CSMLS to help foreign trained lab professionals find work
November 20, 2014 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – The Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS) says it has completed research aimed at helping foreign trained medical lab professionals find meaningful employment in cases where successfully attaining a license to practice in Canada is unlikely…
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Five top researchers awarded Polanyi Prizes
November 20, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Five Ontario researchers have been awarded prestigious Polanyi Prizes for breakthroughs in research that have the potential to, among other things, forge a new understanding of gravity, and target and kill cancer cells. “The Polanyi Prizes are…
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CLS celebrates first shipment of medical isotopes
November 19, 2014 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Scientists at the Canadian Light Source have announced the first shipment of medical isotopes produced in its dedicated linear accelerator. The Medical Isotope Project (MIP) facility at the CLS is the first of its kind in the…
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New test better personalizes treatment for prostate cancer
November 19, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and University Health Network (UHN), have identified a new DNA-based test that could be used to better predict how prostate cancer patients will respond to treatment and to…
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Partnership to help incubate and grow McGill-based start-ups
November 19, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Centre d’entreprises et d’innovation de Montréal (CEIM) has received funding of $6.2 million over the next five years from the federal government to support a partnership with McGill University that will provide McGill student and faculty…
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Scientists win top award for spinal cord injury research
November 19, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Two scientists from Université Laval have received the 2014 and 2013 Barbara Turnbull Award for Spinal Cord Research, an annual $50,000 prize supported through a partnership between the Barbara Turnbull Foundation, Brain Canada, and the Canadian Institutes…
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$450,000 supports genetic research into breast cancer
November 3, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A new program to fund studies into cancer prevention through genetics research has been launched by the Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and has named its first two recipients. Two researchers are each…
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Link between pulmonary hypertension, diabetes and cancer is discovered
November 3, 2014 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A University of Alberta research team has discovered that a protein that plays a critical role in metabolism is related to the development of pulmonary hypertension, a deadly disease. Pulmonary hypertension is caused by the narrowing of…
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Hospital research activity stalls on flat research income
November 3, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Fiscal 2013 research activity at Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals posted a small 1.1% year-on-year gain in available research funding, according to Research Infosource Inc., which released its Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals List today. The annual…
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Canadian corporate R&D spend reaches $12.5B in 2013
November 3, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Canada’s leading firms raised their combined research spending to $12.5 billion in Fiscal 2013, an increase of 4.1% over the previous year, according to the annual Canada’s Top 100 Corporate R&D Spenders list released today by Research…
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