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On the road to extraordinary discoveries, a team of University of British Columbia chemists connected the dots this year, and arrived at what they refer to as “biomedical selfies” – using smartphones for clinical testing.

STEMCELL Technologies is one of Canada’s leading providers of cell culture media for research purposes, including reagents, recombinant cytokines and other tools for the maintenance of cell cultures, as well as a number of tissue and stem cell types.

CO2 capture technologies could be the key to reducing emissions. Canada has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent.

Innovative Canadian researchers are advancing the young field of gene therapy and it will make recovery from a stroke possible.

Scientists race to study whether bacteria are a viable solution in the event of an oil spill in the Arctic

Robots are revolutionizing healthcare in unprecedented and remarkable ways. Today, they’re assisting surgeries in operating rooms.

Researchers at the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals (RCFFN) in Winnipeg, are cooking up a storm.

Experiments in and human cells show that activating sweet taste receptors the intestine produce a certain hormomone which amps up the production of insulin.

How to reform our economic systems and address critical issues like pollution and climate change. By David Suzuki with contributions from Ian Hanington.

Wage subsidies offer solutions for biotechnology companies and new graduates by motivating employers to consider a talent pool they might have overlooked.