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Canada, U.S. designate first set of chemicals of mutual concern
June 14, 2016 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement calls for Canada and the United States to identify chemicals of mutual concern. These are chemicals that are in the Great Lakes because of human activities, and which are potentially…
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Simple test detects prostate cancer treatment resistance
June 14, 2016 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Dr. Kim Chi, medical oncologist and senior scientist at the BC Cancer Agency, and his colleagues at the Vancouver Prostate Centre, have demonstrated the clinical value of performing genomic profiling through non-invasive blood tests to benefit patients…
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Personalized medicine research gets $600,000 boost
June 14, 2016 by Lab Canada London, ON – 3M Canada has donated $600,000 to support research into precision medicine at London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care London. At London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), the $300,000 gift will support the purchase of…
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Federal support for fundamental science under review
June 14, 2016 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The federal minister of science, Kirsty Duncan, has launched an independent review of federal funding for fundamental science. Plans for the review were announced with this year’s federal budget, and the review’s goal is to ensure that…
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New biotechnology hub launched with $3M funding
June 13, 2016 by Lab Canada Sarnia, ON – Ontario’s provincial government is partnering with Bioindustrial Innovation Canada to support a new biotechnology hub in the Sarnia area that is expected to create 400 high-value jobs. Ontario will provide $3 million in funding over four…
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Lignin from plants boosts the effectiveness of sunscreen
June 9, 2016 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – Warm weather means beach vacations and pool-dipping for many of us. It also signals a season of slathering on sunscreen to avoid getting burned. Someday, those products could be enhanced with lignin, a natural material in plants…
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Studies show immune cells create conditions for metastatic tumour growth
June 7, 2016 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – When a person suffers a cut or wound, their immune system leaps into action to prevent infection. After invading pathogens are destroyed, “immune suppressive cells” shut down the body’s immune response so that healthy tissues are not…
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$27M funding awarded to UBC research projects
June 7, 2016 by Lab Canada Victoria, BC – The BC government has awarded the University of British Columbia (UBC) more than $27 million through the BC Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF) for 40 research infrastructure projects in areas of healthcare, astrophysics, clean technology and agriculture. …
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$490M funding extends work on Canada’s chemicals management plan
June 7, 2016 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Funding of $491.8 million over the next five years will be used to complete the next phase of Canada’s Chemicals Management Plan (CMP), the federal government has announced. The program is the country’s comprehensive and integrated strategy…
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Federal funding for clean energy tech research to double to $775M by 2020
June 7, 2016 by Lab Canada San Francisco, CA – Canada’s federal government is planning to double its funding for clean energy and clean technology research and development, increasing from $387 million in 2014-2015 to $775 million by 2020. Jim Carr, the minister of natural resources,…
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$5M funding for the global fight against Zika virus
May 24, 2016 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The federal government has announced funding of $4.95 million in the global fight against the Zika virus. On February 1, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Zika virus a public health emergency of international concern, as…
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JLab life sciences incubator opens in Toronto
May 24, 2016 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Johnson & Johnson Innovation LLC and its partners have opened JLABS @ Toronto, a new 40,000-square-foot life sciences incubator, providing entrepreneurs shared lab space and offices, modular lab suites and access to scientific, industry and capital funding experts…
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Researchers identify brain cells that aid appetite control
May 20, 2016 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – It is rare for scientists to get clean results without spending a lot of time repeating the same experiment over and over again. But when researchers saw the mice they were working with doubling their weight within…
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New organism named after late professor Donald Low
May 19, 2016 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – An international group of microbiologists has honoured the memory of University of Toronto Professor Donald Low by using his name for a newly discovered strain of bacteria. The group chose the name Corynbacterium lowii to honour Low,…
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Toronto chemist wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Prize
May 19, 2016 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced that Professor R J Dwayne Miller is its Centenary Prize winner for 2016. Professor Miller is director of the Atomically Resolved Dynamics Department of the Max Planck Institute for the…
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New test to stop bacteria at factory door
May 19, 2016 by Lab Canada London, ON – What began as a conversation between parents at a hockey game could very well lead to the faster detection of a deadly E. coli bacteria, with the potential to drastically improve food safety around the world. “One…
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Scientists map the spread of deadliest ovarian cancer
May 19, 2016 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – BC Cancer Agency researchers are providing critical insight into the invasive spread of the most malignant form of ovarian cancer in a landmark study, published this week in Nature Genetics. This is a first in mapping two…
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Hot tubs and swimming pools are not as clean as you may think
May 19, 2016 by Lab Canada Columbia, SC – Whether water is hot in a tub or cold in a pool, it can bring immediate relief from stress or summer heat. But hot tubs and swimming pools are not always as clean as you might think,…
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Scientists probe how to make a faster ski
May 13, 2016 by Lab Canada Innsbruck, Austria – Although the winter season is behind us, serious skiers are already looking ahead to next season and searching for ways to shave split-seconds off their race times. Now scientists may have a new way to help —…
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Making organs transparent to improve nanomedicine
May 13, 2016 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Treating a disease without causing side effects is one of the big promises of nanoparticle technology. But fulfilling it remains a challenge. One of the obstacles is that researchers have a hard time seeing where nanoparticles go…
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$16M funding supports research into chronic health conditions
May 11, 2016 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced funding of $16 million over five years for eight new research teams to study the role of environmental and genetic factors in chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes,…
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada to hire 135 scientists
May 11, 2016 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The federal department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada has announced it will hire 135 research scientists, biologists, oceanographers and technicians through a national recruitment campaign. Funding for the recruitment is part of $197 million funding over five…
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First winners of Governor General’s Innovation Awards are announced
May 11, 2016 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Canadian innovators, including several scientists, have been named as the inaugural winners of the Governor General’s Innovation Awards (GGIA). The awards recognize and celebrate outstanding Canadian individuals, teams and organizations whose exceptional and transformative work help shape…
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International cancer genome consortium will link genomics to clinical data
April 29, 2016 by Lab Canada New Orleans, LA – The International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) has announced plans to launch the International Cancer Genome Consortium for Medicine (ICGCmed), a new phase in the consortium’s evolution that will link genomics to clinical information and health. …
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Researchers find cause of rare gastric cancer
April 27, 2016 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – An international study with BC Cancer Agency researchers has discovered the genetic cause of a rare gastric condition that can lead to stomach cancer. The team, including Dr. David Huntsman, distinguished scientist at the BC Cancer…
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$4M partnership to study personalized medicine in oncology
April 22, 2016 by Lab Canada Moncton, NB – The Exactis Innovation Personalize My Treatment (PMT) research initiative is receiving $2 million in funding from Merck, along with $1 million each from the Cancer Research Society (CRS) and the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation (NBHRF). …
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Biobank launches in BC with $1.25M funding
April 21, 2016 by Lab Canada Victoria. BC – Northern BC will soon have the first biobank of its kind in the province. A collection of biological samples that capture valuable health info about the local community, the Northern Biobank Initiative Phase 2 will help researchers…
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Killam prizes announced, $1M awarded to Canadian scholars
April 21, 2016 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the recipients of the 2016 Killam Program awards. The Canada Council Killam Program was inaugurated in 1967 with a donation by Mrs. Dorothy J. Killam in memory of her…
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Genome BC names new chief executive officer
April 21, 2016 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Genome BC has named Pascal Spothelfer as its new president & chief executive officer beginning Monday, June 6. Dr. Spothelfer joins Genome BC with a great deal of business and commercialization experience. His past work has…
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Researchers hope to change the face of sepsis treatment
April 21, 2016 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The human and financial cost of sepsis is staggering. Of the World Health Organization’s top 10 causes of death, four fulfill the definition of sepsis. Sepsis occurs when infection results in systemic inflammation and is termed ‘severe…
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Quebec researchers receive excellence awards
April 21, 2016 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Québec’s chief scientist, Rémi Quirion, has announced the three winners of the province’s 2016 Research Professionals Excellence Awards. The winners are: Award winner, Fonds Nature et technologies: Denise Tremblay, research professional in Professor Sylvain Moineau’s laboratory, Department…
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