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  • Mini Scanner Developed for Teaching CT Technology

    Biomedical engineers at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada have developed a scaled-down computed tomography (CT) scanner to teach about the technology in the classroom. The invention of Jerry Battista, who chairs Western’s biophysics department, and Kevin Jordan of the London Health Sciences Centre is now manufactured, and distributed to other universities by Modus Medical…

  • Biotech, Pharma Companies to Collaborate on New Vaccines

    Medicago Inc. in Quebec City, Canada and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. in Osaka, Japan have agreed to develop and commercialize at least three new vaccines based on Medicago’s technology. The first part of the deal is expected to provide Medicago with up to $C33 million ($US 33 milion) in revenues. The partnership will give Mitsubishi…

  • Lab-on-a-Chip Developed to Test Malaria Treatments

    Researchers at University of British Columbia in Vancouver and McGill University in Montreal, Canada have developed a miniature testing device that can analyze the changes in red blood cells caused by common malaria parasites. The work of UBC engineering professor Hongshen Ma and colleagues appear in the journal Lab on a Chip (paid subscription required).…

  • Biotech, GSK to Partner on Rare Inherited Cellular Diseases

    Angiochem, a biotechnology company in Montreal, Canada says it will collaborate with the global pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline on treatments for lysosomal storage diseases, a type of rare, inherited conditions causing cellular dysfunctions. Under the agreement, Angiochem will be eligible for at least $300 million in payments. Lysosomal storage diseases are a class of disorders caused…

  • Eye Treatment Delivery Option to Syringe Being Developed

    Engineers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada have developed a new system using an implanted patch to deliver drugs to the back of the eye, as an alternative to direct injection with a syringe. The results of their research appear online in the Journal of Biomaterials Applications (paid subscription required). The team led by…

  • Canadian Govt Opens Call for Personalized Medicines R&D

    The Canadian government opened a matching grant competition for research proposals on personalized medicine. The call seeks research proposals that can take treatments from “one size fits all” to more precise treatments and interventions addressing specific characteristics of the individual, made possible by new diagnostic technologies that look at patients’ unique genetic signatures. The competition…

  • Engineered HIV/AIDS Vaccine Approved for Clinical Trials

    A vaccine designed to prevent HIV infection based on a genetically engineered virus has received approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to start clinical trials. The vaccine is a product of a joint venture between Universiy of Western Onatrio in London and the Canadian subsidiary of Korean pharmaceutical venture company Sumagen. Chil-Yong Kang…

  • Clinical Trial Tests New Cancer Radiation Treatment

    A clinical study by Lawson Health Research Institute in London, Ontario, Canada is testing a new form of radiation therapy to treat cancerous tumors. The phase 2 trial aims to gauge effectiveness of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy or SABR on cancer patients in Canada and Europe. SABR delivers large concentrated doses of radiotherapy to precise areas,…

  • Video Game Players Add to Genetic Disease Understanding

    Users of a Web-based video game developed by McGill University computer scientists in Montreal, have helped advance an understanding of the genetic basis of diseases such as Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and cancer over the past year. Jérôme Waldispuhl of the McGill School of Computer Science and collaborator Mathieu Blanchette released results today of the solutions collected…

  • Contract Awarded for Atlantic Salmon Genome Sequencing

    An international business and scientific consortium from salmon-producing countries has awarded a contract for the second phase of sequencing and analysis of the Atlantic salmon genome to the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) in Rockville, Maryland. The International Cooperation to Sequence the Atlantic Salmon Genome (ICSASG) that awarded the contract is a partnership of five…