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New breast cancer genes identified in landmark global study
April 18, 2012 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Scientists at the BC Cancer Agency and University of British Columbia have identified new breast cancer genes that could change the way the disease is diagnosed and form the basis of next-generation treatments. Researchers have reclassified the…
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Coffee may make high achievers slack off
April 2, 2012 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – While stimulants may improve unengaged workers’ performance, a new University of British Columbia study suggests that for others, caffeine and amphetamines can have the opposite effect, causing workers with higher motivation levels to slack off. The…
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New catalyst promises cheaper, greener drugs
April 2, 2012 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A chemistry team at the University of Toronto has discovered environmentally friendly iron-based nanoparticle catalysts that work as well as the expensive, toxic, metal-based catalysts that are currently in wide use by the drug, fragrance and food…
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Measuring the stability of nanoparticle suspensions
March 20, 2012 M T Connah, Product Marketing Manager, Malvern Instruments The stability, targeting and cell uptake of 'functionalized' nanoparticles can all affect the efficiency of targeted drug applications. Being able to measure, understand and control the parameters that influence these characteristics is crucial to success.
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Dust from industrial-scale processing of nanomaterials carries high explosion risk
February 23, 2012 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – With expanded industrial-scale production of nanomaterials fast approaching, scientists are reporting indications that dust generated during processing of nanomaterials may explode more easily than dust from wheat flour, cornstarch and most other common dust explosion hazards. Their…
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Immune cell discovery could lead to more efficient vaccines
February 6, 2012 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers have discovered the molecular pathway that enables receptors inside immune cells to find, and flag, fragments of pathogens trying to invade a host. The discovery of the role played by the…
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Gene links rare and unrelated cancers
January 9, 2012 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A team of scientists at the BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, and the University of British Columbia have found mutations in rare, seemingly unrelated cancers were all linked to the same gene, known as…
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Research shows stem cells relieve severe asthma
December 22, 2011 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Clinical scientist Dr Bernard Thébaud and his research team have discovered that they can heal the lungs of mice with chronic and acute asthma. “Stem cells pump out healing juices which we gave to the mice via…
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Breast cancer and heart disease may have common roots
December 22, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – New research from the University of Toronto and St Michael’s Hospital has found that women who are at risk for breast cancer may also be at greater risk for heart disease. The majority of women with hereditary…
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Profitable 2011 for Canada’s chemical industry
December 12, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Canada’s chemistry sector showed strong growth and profits in 2011, according to a year-end report released last week by the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada. Sales of basic chemicals and resins totalled $25 billion in 2011 –…
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Common blood protein promotes cancer growth
December 12, 2011 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – Researchers at Dalhousie Medical School have identified a key mechanism of cancer metastasis that could lead to blocking tumour growth. The discovery was published in a recent issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association…
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Video game players advance genetic research
December 12, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Thousands of video game players have helped significantly advance understanding of the genetic basis of diseases such as Alzheimer’s, diabetes and cancer over the past year. They are the users of a web-based video game developed by…
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Analytical method helps detect seafood allergens
December 12, 2011 by Lab Canada St John’s, NF – Researchers at Memorial University have developed a novel technique that will help prevent occupational allergy and asthma in seafood processing workers. Dr Anas Abdel Rahman, a former doctoral student of chemistry at the university, and his…
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Researchers obtain structural snapshot for rare genetic disorder
December 8, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute’s Drs Frank Sicheri, Tony Pawson and Sebastian Guettler, in collaboration with Dr Robert Rottapel at the Ontario Cancer Institute, have uncovered the detailed architecture of a crucial component of Tankyrase, a protein…
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Marine predators in trouble
December 5, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Iconic marine predators such as sharks, tunas, swordfish, and marlins are becoming increasingly rare under current fishing trends, say University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers. In half of the North Atlantic and North Pacific waters under national…
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Scientists discover how brain corrects bumps to body
December 5, 2011 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – Researchers have identified the area of the brain that controls our ability to correct our movement after we’ve been hit or bumped – a finding that may have implications for understanding why subjects with stroke often have…
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Research pinpoints protective mechanisms in multiple sclerosis
December 5, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – In an article published December 1 in the journal Science, a team of researchers led by Dr Alexander Prat and postgraduate fellow Jorge Alvarez at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) sheds light on how…
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Chemistry professor links faeces and caffeine
November 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Researchers led by Prof Sébastien Sauvé of the University of Montreal’s Department of Chemistry have discovered that traces of caffeine are a useful indicator of the contamination of our water by sewers. “E coli bacteria is commonly…
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New model helps understand biodiversity
November 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Generalist feeders like foxes and raccoons may be crucial to sustaining biological diversity, according to a new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). McGill University biology researchers have developed…
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Lab discovers common blood protein promotes cancer growth
November 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – Researchers at Dalhousie Medical School have identified a key mechanism of cancer metastasis that could lead to blocking tumour growth. The discovery was published in the November 1 issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American…
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Spider mite genome sequenced; opens way for non-pesticide control methods
November 28, 2011 by Lab Canada London, ON – An international consortium led by a researcher at the University of Western Ontario has unveiled the first genome of the second-largest group of animals on Earth: Chelicerates. Dr Miodrag Grbic, associate professor with Western’s Department of Biology,…
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Researchers create world’s most efficient flexible OLED on plastic
November 21, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Engineering researchers at the University of Toronto have developed what they say is the world’s most efficient organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) on plastic. This result enables a flexible form factor, as well as a less costly, alternative to…
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Team pinpoints date and rate of Earth’s most extreme extinction
November 18, 2011 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – It’s well known that Earth’s most severe mass extinction occurred about 250 million years ago. What’s not well known is the specific time when the extinctions occurred. A team of researchers from North America and China have…
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Key driver of metastasis identified
October 31, 2011 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – Scientists at Dalhousie University have identified a key mechanism of metastasis that could lead to blocking tumour growth if their findings are confirmed. In the November 1 issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer…
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Study shows how electrons move in a chemical reaction
October 17, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A revolutionary experiment conducted by the University of Ottawa and the National Research Council of Canada’s Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory (JASLab) to solve the mystery of how electrons move in a chemical reaction has been published in…
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Researchers use phage to create new packaging to control microbial growth
October 14, 2011 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – The recent Listeria and E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks associated with cantalope and raw beef in North America reveals that the current available methods and procedures for food safety are lacking to achieve full control of these deadly…
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Researchers reconstruct genome of the Black Death
October 12, 2011 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – An international team – led by researchers at McMaster University and the University of Tubingen in Germany – has sequenced the entire genome of the Black Death, one of the most devastating epidemics in human history. This…
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Researchers discover new blood based biomarkers for schizophrenia
October 12, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – GeneNews Limited, a company focused on developing blood-based biomarker tests for the early detection of diseases and personalized health management, says it has published a study data using its own platform technology to identify complex changes in…
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Study examines early mechanisms of infection by Salmonella
October 3, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Molecular research company Kinexus Bioinformatics has published the results of a major study to investigate the host signalling pathways impacted by Salmonella enterica. The study, which was undertaken in collaboration with researchers at the Centre for High…
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Scientists identify genes with profound effect on cell power plants
September 23, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – In a new study led by the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), scientists identified two distinct genes that may help better understand a vital component of the mitochondria, or power plants of the cell: the assembly of…
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Researchers confirm prion-like properties in ALS
September 20, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A team of researchers from the University of British Columbia and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have found a key link between prions and the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s…
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