Cell engineering company is harnessing the power of genetics to improve outcomes for muscular dystrophy patients.
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Predicting loss
Medical genomics researchers aim to reduce impact of drug-induced hearing loss.
Read More »Advancing new composites through AI-enabled x-ray tomography
The Composites Research Network at UBC’s Okanagan Laboratory IS playing A pivotal role in the understanding of materials
Read More »GlycoNet facilitating glycomics research collaboration and innovation
A network serving the field of glycomics research provides a platform for connections and funding
Read More »More than Noah’s Ark Plant gene resources of Canada: A living library
Images provided by Plant Gene Resources of Canada (PGRC), ©Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada By Robert Price Axel Diederichsen has a scientist’s sense of humour. A research scientist and curator at Plant Gene Resources of Canada (PGRC), he recalls one …
Read More »The National Microbiology Laboratory: Tracking and researching the world’s deadliest pathogens
By Sean Tarry The past couple of years have been disruptive and chaotic, to say the least. Communities all over the world have been impacted by the COVID-19 global pandemic, changing the way we do things, share information, and communicate with one another.For scientists working in laboratories that specialize in researching and tracking infectious diseases, it’s been a time that …
Read More »Prairies to Pharmacy
By TREVOR KENNEY Southern Alberta’s vast prairies can often be harsh and unforgiving. Windswept and prone to temperature extremes of 35 C during baked dry summer months and -35 C in the bone-chilling winter, its landscape is still surprisingly rich in flora, producing an array of hearty plants that are just now being recognized for their unique properties of medical …
Read More »The power of plants to ‘grow’ low-cost, high value drugs
By Jana Manolakos While medicines have been extracted from plants for centuries, plants and plant cell systems today can be genetically engineered to serve as drug-producing factories for a range of antibodies and other protein-based therapeutics and vaccines.At the forefront stands Canadian biopharmaceutical company PlantForm, which is harnessing plants for cost-effective therapeutic drugs for cancer and other life-threatening conditions — …
Read More »University of Toronto startup Winterlight Labs detects early signs of brain disorders in the way we speak
Finding the clues to detect neurodegenerative conditions, using AI.
Read More »Sanofi leads in Canada’s vaccine race
Sanofi, Moderna and others break ground to develop new cures in Canada.
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