Charles Berniqué, a 73-year-old grandfather from Hawkesbury, Ontario, recently survived a deadly infection requiring prolonged intensive care and returned to his family and work after participating in this world-first trial.
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Pulp mill to recover wood byproduct for transformation into green bioproducts
April 13, 2016Alberta is now home to the first commercial-scale plant in Canada to extract a natural substance in trees called lignin, and transform this wood byproduct into useful, environmentally friendly bioproducts.
Bugs in your belly affect your brain
April 13, 2016When things go amiss in your gut, they can also go amiss in your brain. Emerging research shows a link between intestinal bacteria and brains.
Free gene screening raises eyebrows
April 13, 2016Contextual Genomics has offered free genetic testing of patient tumour samples. Some cancer researchers think that this offer brings a down side.
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Highlights: Ontario’s life sciences sector [Video]
April 1, 2016Did you know that conservative estimates put annual revenues of Ontario’s life sciences sector at $40.5B, directly contributing $21.6B to Ontario’s GDP? See how the success of Ontario’s life sciences sector impacts Canada’s future prosperity.
Nature’s scissors
April 1, 2016Five researchers who were central players in the discovery and development of a revolutionary gene-editing technique that carries enormous potential for many areas of biology and medicine have won Canada’s most prestigious international science prize.
DNA barcodes could streamline search for new cancer drugs
April 1, 2016Scientists are adding barcodes to cancer cells. Find out what it could mean for future cancer drug discovery.
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…