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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 — …
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Finding the clues to detect neurodegenerative conditions, using AI.
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Sanofi, Moderna and others break ground to develop new cures in Canada.
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An all-new, world-class biotechnology centre at the University of Saskatchewan’s Global Institute for Food Security
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Two international companies created the world’s first high-volume facility that manufactures omega-3 oil from natural marine algae.
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Curing mental illness completely. That’s the next phase of the psychedelics journey, in which Canada is taking its first few, cautious steps.
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At the Perimeter Institute, considered the world’s largest research hub for theoretical physics, they ask big questions – and gather big data. Its researchers also have won the Buchalter Cosmology Prize for six consecutive years.
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