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Discovery could prevent brain tumour development in children
October 6, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Scientists at the IRCM discovered a mechanism that promotes the progression of medulloblastoma, the most common brain tumour found in children. The team, led by Frédéric Charron, PhD, found that a protein known as Sonic Hedgehog induces…
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Monarch butterfly’s genetic analysis surprises researchers
October 1, 2014 by Lab Canada Athens, GA – With their distinctive orange wings, remarkable long-distance migration and widespread presence, monarch butterflies are some of the most recognizable butterflies in the world. A team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of Chicago and including…
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DNA signature found in ice storm babies
September 30, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The number of days an expectant mother was deprived of electricity during Quebec’s ice storm (1998) predicts the epigenetic profile of her child, a new study finds. Scientists from the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and McGill…
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Fracking wastewater produces potentially harmful compounds in drinking water
September 24, 2014 by Lab Canada Stanford, CA – Concerns that fluids from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, are contaminating drinking water are widespread. Now, scientists are bringing to light another angle that adds to the controversy. A new study, appearing in the ACS journal Environmental Science…
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Low-cost transistor heralds greener advance in flexible electronics
September 24, 2014 by Lab Canada Los Angeles, CA – As tech company LG demonstrated this summer with the unveiling of its 18-inch flexible screen, the next generation of roll-up displays is tantalizingly close. Researchers are now reporting in the journal ACS Nano a new, inexpensive…
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New compound developed for cord blood expansion
September 23, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers at the University of Montreal and University of Toronto have identified a new method for the ex vivo expansion of human cord blood cells that could potentially increase the number of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) available…
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Discovery of new cellular connection makes scientific history
September 11, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers led by Dr. Helen McNeill at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute have revealed an exciting and unusual biochemical connection. Their discovery has implications for diseases linked to mitochondria, which are the primary sources of energy production within…
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Can a protein be linked to heart attacks?
September 9, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A team of researchers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, led by Dr. Alexandre Stewart, have uncovered an intriguing link between heart attacks and a protein that is of great interest to drug companies for its…
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Age reduces our stem cells’ ability to repair muscle: study
September 8, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – As we age, stem cells throughout our bodies gradually lose their capacity to repair damage, even from normal wear and tear. Researchers from the University of Ottawa and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute have discovered the reason…
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Alberta team designs compound that targets brain cancer
September 5, 2014 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – University of Alberta chemistry professor Christopher Cairo and his team of researchers have synthesized a first-of-its-kind inhibitor that prevents the activity of the enzyme neuraminidase. Although flu viruses use enzymes with the same mechanism as part of…
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Key mechanism in metastasis discovered by Alberta researchers
September 2, 2014 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A new study from the research group of Dr. John Lewis at the University of Alberta and the Lawson Health Research Institute has confirmed that invadopodia play a key role in the spread of cancer. The study,…
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Forensic detection of regular cannabis
September 1, 2014 Joe Anacleto, VP for market development, Bruker Daltonics Applied Markets Business Group; A. Collgros, application engineer, Bruker France; and A. Hurbain, application engineer, Bruker France In a study, scientists conducted forensic detection of regular cannabis use by the analysis of THC-COOH in hair using gas chromatography mass spectrometry.
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Gene variant identified as a heart disease risk factor for women
August 15, 2014 by Lab Canada London, ON – When it comes to heart disease, Dr. Ross Feldman says women are often in the dark. Historically, it was thought that heart disease was a men’s-only disease, however, data has shown that post-menopausal women are just as…
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Black hole at the birth of the universe
August 12, 2014 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – Our universe may have emerged from a black hole in a higher-dimensional universe, propose a trio of Perimeter Institute researchers in the cover story of the latest Scientific American. The big bang poses a big question: if…
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Discovery sheds light on where visual memories are born
August 12, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Researchers at McGill University have discovered there is a clear frontier in the brain between the area that encodes information about what is immediately before the eyes and the area that encodes the abstract representations that are…
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Research uncovers treatment for male infertility FASEB
August 12, 2014 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – Richard Oko, a researcher at Queen’s University, and his co-investigators have come up with a promising method of treating male infertility using a synthetic version of the sperm-originated protein known as PAWP. They found this protein is…
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Just how many bugs are on that elevator button?
August 12, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Elevator buttons are more likely to be colonized by bacteria than toilet surfaces, a new Sunnybrook-led study of three large urban hospitals has found. “Elevators are a component of modern hospital care, and are used by multiple…
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Mixed genes mix up the migrations of hybrid birds
August 12, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Mixed genes appear to drive hybrid birds to select more difficult routes than their parent species, according to new research from University of British Columbia zoologists. The study was recently published online in Ecology Letters. Researcher Kira…
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Milky Way, Andromeda galaxies have vastly different masses
August 12, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Astronomers at the University of British Columbia have collaborated with international researchers to calculate the precise mass of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies, dispelling the notion that the two galaxies have similar masses. While it was…
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Researchers develop screen for drug-resistant form of hep C drug
August 11, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A project by researchers at the University of British Columbia has developed a screening process to ensure that an effective but expensive treatment for hepatitis C (HCV) will be given to only those patients who would benefit…
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Mouse models of autism respond to therapy of social aspect part of brain
August 5, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – An area of the brain tied to empathy, urges and other social aspects of our behaviour is abnormal in mice used to model autism, but some of the abnormality is repairable with drug therapy during a critical…
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Study probes gene responsible for neuromuscular disorder
July 30, 2014 by Lab Canada Peterborough, ON – Craig Brunetti, a biology professor at Trent University, along with environmental and life sciences PhD student Andressa Lacerda and undergraduate biochemistry student Emily Hartjes, have discovered the cellular mechanism that results in Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT) disease,…
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Genetic mechanism for ALS is uncovered
July 29, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers have found a missing link that helps to explain how ALS paralyses and ultimately kills its victims. The breakthrough is helping them trace a path to a treatment or even a cure. “ALS research has been…
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New light shed on biology underlying schizophrenia
July 22, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – As part of a multinational, collaborative effort, researchers from Canada’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have helped identify over 100 locations in the human genome associated with the risk of developing schizophrenia, in what is…
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Potential anti-cancer agent focus of study
July 21, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The path of discovery to developing a potential anti-cancer agent by a team led by Dr. Tak Mak has been published in the journal Cancer Cell. “What began with the question ‘what makes a particular aggressive form…
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Global warming pause reflects natural fluctuation
July 21, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Statistical analysis of average global temperatures between 1998 and 2013 shows that the slowdown in global warming during this period is consistent with natural variations in temperature, according to research by McGill University physics professor Shaun Lovejoy.…
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Study discovers genetic variant that protects against Alzheimer’s disease
July 21, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Judes Poirier, PhD, C.Q., from the Douglas Mental Health Institute and McGill University in Montreal, and his team have discovered that a relatively frequent genetic variant actually conveys significant protection against the common form of Alzheimer’s disease…
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Canadian researcher develops strategy to protect sawfish from extinction
June 27, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Nicholas Dulvy, Canada Research Chair in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at Simon Fraser University, is leading a global strategy to prevent extinction and promote recovery of sawfish, which now face risk of extinction due to overfishing and…
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Habitat loss on breeding grounds cause of monarch decline
June 11, 2014 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – Habitat loss on breeding grounds in the United States – not on wintering grounds in Mexico – is the main cause of recent and projected population declines of migratory monarch butterflies in eastern North America, according to…
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New class of nanoparticle brings cheaper, lighter solar cells outdoors
June 11, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers in the University of Toronto’s Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have designed and tested a new class of solar-sensitive nanoparticle that outshines the current state of the art employing this new…
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Science tells when a sewage pipe needs repair, before it bursts
June 5, 2014 by Lab Canada Boulder, CO – Aging infrastructure – in particular sewer systems – is a topic most people would prefer to avoid, but broken pipes leaking raw sewage into streets and living rooms in many cities are forcing the issue. To better…
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