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Calling all startups: Top five things you need to know to grow
April 1, 2016How will Canadian life science startups beat the odds and transform their scientific discoveries into commercial success?
iGEM presents Biohackathon 2016
March 29, 2016Toronto’s annual Biohackathon bridges the gap between computer scientists and life scientists. This year’s challenges included developing a new method to construct a phylogenetic tree, a novel method for gene prediction, obtaining information (structure, chemical composition) of a protein by utilizing mass spectrum given by designing a computational tool, and constructing a computational strategy to…
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TCAG offers whole genome sequencing
March 18, 2016The Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG) at The Hospital for Sick Children is now offering whole genome sequencing on the Illumina HiSeq X platform. TCAG is the first lab in Canada to offer this service at the most competitive pricing.
DNA testing chicken meat will protect consumer rights
March 17, 2016When you go to a restaurant for an expensive dinner, you expect that you will get exactly what you ordered. What if you are misled?
A family curse warded off by genomics research
March 17, 2016A team of researchers find the gene to help Newfoundlander, Chad Pelley, and his family, protection against a potentially lethal disease.
Ground-breaking settlement for genetic medicine in Canada
March 17, 2016CHEO, the children’s hospital, announces that gene patents will no longer stand in the way of diagnosing a life threatening disease. It has reached a deal that defines a pathway to conduct genetic testing without legal roadblocks from gene patents.
Transforming molecular diagnostic point of care with cell phones
March 7, 2016Scientists at Caltech report that they have invented a new technique that can help bring emerging diagnostic capabilities out of laboratories and to the point of care.