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$2M earmarked for new biomedical research centre
January 7, 2004 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MN – January 7, 2004 – The Manitoba government is giving its life sciences sector a boost with $2 million in funding to help create a new commercialization centre. The centre is intended to advance biomedical research, innovation and…
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Warnex’s food safety test to detect E coli O157 validated
January 7, 2004 by Lab Canada Laval, QC – January 7, 2004 – Warnex says that its food safety test for the detection of E coli O157 was independently validated by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), and subsequently became the third Warnex test to be…
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BioMS Medical purchases interest in drug delivery company (January 06, 2004)
January 6, 2004 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – January 6, 2004 – BioMS Medical, a developer of treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS), says it has purchased an 18% interest in BioCyDex, a private company based in Edmonton. “BioCyDex is developing a – proprietary drug delivery…
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BioMS Medical purchases interest in drug delivery company (January 06, 2004)
January 6, 2004 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – January 6, 2004 – BioMS Medical, a developer of treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS), says it has purchased an 18% interest in BioCyDex, a private company based in Edmonton. “BioCyDex is developing a proprietary drug delivery technology…
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Scientific directors named for CIHR institutes
January 5, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – January 5, 2004 – The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has made senior scientific appointments at its Institute of Aging and its Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health. The appointments were announced by Dr…
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New executive appointment at Isotechnika
January 5, 2004 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – January 5, 2004 – Dr David Kinniburgh has been named to the newly created position of vice-president, laboratory operations at biopharmaceutical company Isotechnika. Dr Kinniburgh joined the company in August 2002 as director of diagnostics development and…
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Vaccine could significantly reduce human disease and associated E coli outbreaks
January 5, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – January 5, 2003 – Canadian health researchers at the University of British Columbia and the University of Saskatchewan say they have developed a vaccine that significantly reduces the level of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 (E coli) in cattle.…
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Research on photodynamic prostate cancer drug subject of agreement
December 29, 2003 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB December 29, 2003 Warren Jackson, president and CEO of pharmaceutical company Altachem Pharma says that Altachem’s wholly owned subsidiary SonoLight Pharmaceuticals has reached a milestone in its development of HB Injectible (new code name ACPSL-017) for treating prostate…
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Researchers hunt for new treatments for mantle cell lymphoma
December 23, 2003 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC December 23, 2003 Researchers at the BC Cancer Agency have been awarded US$2.1 million to hunt for the causes and new treatments for mantle cell lymphoma, a rare but particularly deadly form of lymphoma. Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL)…
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New approach to gene therapy for cystic fibrosis reported by Canadian scientists
December 23, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON December 23, 2003 Scientists funded by the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CCFF) today reported preliminary findings that point to a novel way of delivering gene therapy for cystic fibrosis (CF). In a paper published in the scientific journal…
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Livestock vaccine the target of new collaboration
December 23, 2003 by Lab Canada Calgary AB December 23, 2003 Plant biotechnology company Dow AgroSciences Canada says it has signed a research and licensing agreement with the University of Guelph to develop a new vaccine to prevent a major flu-like disease in cattle. Terms of…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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