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Researchers discover cellular process that clears cholesterol
September 8, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Researchers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) have discovered that an ancient pathway called autophagy also mobilizes and exports cholesterol from cells. A team led by Dr Yves Marcel, director of the HDL Biology Laboratory,…
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Discovery enables production of vitamin-D enhanced mushrooms
September 7, 2011 by Lab Canada Mississauga, ON – Scientist Ryan Simon at Cantox Health Sciences International and colleagues recently discovered a new commercial processing technology that is suitable for boosting the vitamin D content of mushrooms. In addition, it has no adverse effects on other…
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Results of viral therapy trial in cancer patients are promising
August 31, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Researchers from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), the University of Ottawa (uOttawa), biotherapeutics company Jennerex and several other institutions today reported promising results of a world-first cancer therapy trial in the journal Nature. The trial is…
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Canadian scientists contribute to international genome sequencing project
August 29, 2011 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Canadian scientists have helped sequence part of the genome of canola. Results from the international collaboration were published online this week in the peer-reviewed science journal Nature Genetics. Determining the DNA sequence of crops allows researchers to…
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Study validates clinical importance of leukemia stem cells
August 29, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Cancer scientists have long debated whether all cells within a tumour are equal or whether some cancer cells are more potent – a question that has been highly investigated in experimental models in the last decade. Research…
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Gene combination increases risk of lung cancer, study finds
August 17, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Smokers with variations in two specific genes have a greater risk of smoking more cigarettes, becoming more dependent on nicotine and developing lung cancer, a new study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows.…
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Canadian Light Source spots speed bumps in graphene’s electron highway
August 15, 2011 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK -Using the Canadian Light Source, a research team led by scientists from the University at Buffalo have produced images of graphene showing how folds and ripples in the nanomaterial act as speed bumps for electrons, affecting its conductivity.…
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Researchers find link between gut bacteria and behaviour
August 15, 2011 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – For the first time, researchers at McMaster University have conclusive evidence that bacteria residing in the gut influence brain chemistry and behaviour. The findings are important because several common types of gastrointestinal disease, including irritable bowel syndrome,…
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Toronto scientists develop open-source, web-based app that tracks reagent collections
August 11, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, led by Dr Karen Colwill and Marina Olhovsky, have developed an open-source, web-based tool to track both large-scale datasets and individual reagents, allowing for easy access,…
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Researchers create more powerful ‘lab-on-a-chip’ for genetic analysis
August 8, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have invented a silicone chip that could make genetic analysis far more sensitive, rapid, and cost-effective by allowing individual cells to fall into place like balls in a pinball…
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Unlocking the mystery of the disappearing bats
August 8, 2011 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – A researcher at McMaster University is working to pull one of North America’s most common bats back from the brink of extinction. Jianping Xu, an associate professor of biology and member of the Institute for Infectious Disease…
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New genetic mutations found for non-Hodgkin lymphoma
August 8, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – BC Cancer Agency scientists have identified a number of new genetic mutations involved in non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). This massive cancer-sequencing study, published online in Nature, is expected to open a floodgate for researchers around the world to…
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Flooding of farmland does not increase levels of flame retardants in milk
July 22, 2011 by Lab Canada Norwich, UK – As millions of acres of farmland in North America recover from flooding, scientists report that river flooding can increase levels of potentially harmful flame retardants in farm soils. But the higher levels apparently do not find their way…
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Human blood stem cell discovery at University Health Network
July 7, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – An Ontario Cancer Institute team, lead by University Health Network (UHN) senior scientist Dr John Dick, has isolated a human blood stem cell capable of regenerating the entire blood system. The results of this study, published today…
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Clinical trials network launched for diabetes research
June 20, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Canada has launched a large-scale network to support clinical trials evaluating new treatments and technologies for type 1 diabetes in Canada. The JDRF Canadian Clinical Trial Network (JDRF CCTN) brings together the…
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Molecule research could lead to new cancer treatments
June 20, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute’s Drs Derek Ceccarelli and Frank Sicheri, in collaboration with colleagues at Mount Sinai Hospital, Celgene Corporation, the Université de Montréal and the University of Edinburgh, have discovered how a small molecule selectively…
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Physicists on verge of solving neutrino mystery
June 17, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – An international experiment with contributions from physicists at a number of Canadian universities, including the University of Toronto, has announced results that could solve a long-standing puzzle in particle physics and may even turn the Standard Model…
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Scientists map path to generate renewable antibodies
May 15, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – In the first study of its kind to date, an international group of scientists including Drs Tony Pawson and Karen Colwill at Mount Sinai Hospital and Drs Dev Sidhu and Aled Edwards at the University of Toronto…
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World’s reef fishes tussling with human overpopulation
April 18, 2011 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – In an unprecedented collaborative analysis published in the journal PlosBiology, scientists from 49 nations demonstrated that the ability of reef fish systems to produce goods and services to humanity increases rapidly with the number of species. However,…
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Antioxidants protect DNA from damage following radiation exposure
April 11, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A recent study by Dr Kieran J Murphy at the University Health Network found that a unique formulation of antioxidants administered to patients prior to subjecting them to imaging techniques involving radiation decreased the damaging effects of…
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Researchers create organic, non-toxic nanoparticle
April 4, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A team of Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) scientists have created an organic nanoparticle that is completely non-toxic, biodegradable and nimble in the way it uses light and heat to treat cancer and deliver drugs. The findings, published…
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Mountain pine beetle jumps tree species
April 4, 2011 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – The Mountain Pine Beetle is on the move not just from one tree to another, but across tree species. A group of researchers funded in part by Genome Alberta, have conclusive evidence that the Mountain Pine Beetle…
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Study shows risk of prion disease from urine-derived fertility products
March 25, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Women who are injected with urine-derived fertility products may be at risk of developing prion disease, according to a just-released study by an international research team from Canada, France and the United States. The study, published in…
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Breakthrough moves toward real-time observation of electron dynamics in atoms and molecules
March 21, 2011 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – Researchers at INRS University say they have obtained groundbreaking information on the electronic structure of atoms and molecules by observing electronic correlations using the method of high harmonic generation (HHG). To achieve this, they used very…
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Canadian researchers first to generate pluripotent stem cells from horses
February 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON and Montreal, QC – In a world first, pluripotent stem cells have been generated from horses by a team of researchers led by Dr Andras Nagy at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto…
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Switch off enzyme to control chronic pain, say researchers
January 18, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A team of researchers at the University of Toronto has developed a new drug targeted at parts of the brain and spinal cord associated with pain perception, which may more effectively control chronic pain caused by nerve…
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Climate change to continue to the year 3000 in best case scenarios
January 10, 2011 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – University of Calgary’s Dr Shawn Marshall has co-authored a study that is the first full climate model simulation to make predictions out to 1,000 years from now. New research indicates the impact of rising CO2 levels in…
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Researchers prolong worms’ life with banned herbicide
January 10, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – It sounds like science fiction – Dr Siegfried Hekimi and his student Dr Wen Yang, researchers at McGill’s Department of Biology, tested the current “free radical theory of aging” by creating mutant worms that had increased production…
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Alzheimer’s test detects aggregated beta amyloid in human CSF
January 10, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Amorfix Life Sciences, a product development company focused on diagnostics and therapeutics for misfolded protein diseases, has announced preliminary results indicating that their human Alzheimer’s disease (AD) diagnostic assay can detect a signal from aggregated beta amyloid…
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Researchers discover a way to delay Christmas tree needle loss
December 6, 2010 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – Researchers at Université Laval, in collaboration with Nova Scotia Agricultural College, have discovered what causes Christmas tree needles to drop off, and how to double the lifespan of Christmas trees in homes. The authors presented their…
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Scientists discover potential common biomarker in 10 epithelial cancers
December 6, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital and the University of Toronto have for the first time identified a key common biomarker in breast, prostate, head and neck, and colon cancers. This groundbreaking discovery, which will be published today…
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