Tag Archives: disease

Named one of this year’s Top 25 Women of Influence, Dr. Lucy Gilbert wants to revolutionize women’s health – and there is a good chance she will.

Scientists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich developed molecular antennas that couple DNA probes to particles of gold or silver for greater precision and brightness.

In Canada, developing, testing and finally approving a vaccine can take up to a decade or more.

Biochemist Lewis Kay spoke to us about his research and what science and hockey have in common.

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.

Dr. Alli Murugesan applied a game-changing commercialization strategy to bypass academic barriers & won the Mitacs Global Impact Entrepreneur Award.

In 1992, a Canadian scientist, Dr. Samuel Weiss, from the University of Calgary, discovered neural stem cells in the adult brain.

Vladimir Hachinski is a leader in Canadian clinical neuroscience, transforming the lives of people affected by stroke and dementia.

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

Dr. Scriver founded the De Belle Laboratory for biochemical genetics, which has contributed much to the study of inborn errors of genetic disease.