New scientific research uncovers an early alarm system for high-risk patients By Sean Tarry There’s no doubting that scientific study and research is the lifeblood of the medical community, enabling discovery and advancement, fuelling new ideas and practice, enhancing current understanding, and continuously driving a next generation of innovation and breakthrough. That’s an apt description of the impact that the …
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Genes helping to predict the recurrence of kidney cancer
DNA sequencing supporting a greater understanding of the disease and ways to treat patients.
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As science and medicine evolve, their intersect is resulting in groundbreaking innovation
Read More »New DNA insights will transform Arctic marine biodiversity and fisheries management
By Brian Burke, Nunavut Fisheries Association & Caron Hawco, eDNAtec Indigenous fishing enterprises are playing a key role in the application of genetics research to support the commercial fishery of Canada’s North. This has the potential to address the significant knowledge gaps that currently exist relating to Canada’s biodiversity in the North. Traditional environmental programs have typically been limited due …
Read More »In a Canadian first, UBC scientists 3D print human sperm
Dr. Ryan Flannigan and research assistant Meghan Robinson with the bioprinter they’re using to 3D print copies of a patient’s testicular cells.Photo Courtesy: University of British Columbia Science has come a long way since the first blood vessels were bioprinted in 2010, successfully printing cartilage, bone, cardiac, nervous, liver, and vascular tissues. Recently, scientists at the University of British Columbia …
Read More »Saskatchewan scientist becomes first Canadian to win fellowship in UK’s Royal Astronomical Society
Last fall, the sun spewed a violent mass of fast-moving plasma into space that came crashing into the planet’s magnetosphere, igniting the sky with shimmering coils of dramatic colour – a light show we know as the Aurora Borealis. And as lovely as the sight was, the event could have been far worse. In 1989, a similar geomagnetic storm caused …
Read More »When one becomes four: A lifesaving, simple solution to the ventilator shortage
By JANA MANOLAKOS In the face of a critical shortage of ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of physicians and engineers from the University of Calgary have developed an award-winning device that safely increases available machines at a low cost.The Valence InVent Xtend allows a single ventilator to provide air for up to four patients, with the capability of …
Read More »A trailblazing marine biologist
Emily Choy is the first female Explorer-in-Residence for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.
Read More »Dr. Daniel Drucker: Exploring the mechanics of digestive hormones leads to a Gairdner Award
The work for which this trio was recognized represents four decades of research, eventually leading to the development of several new classes of drugs for treating more than 100 million people worldwide.
Read More »An epidemic of food waste
A look at the most comprehensive food waste data collection, analysis and modelling to date.
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