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Biotechnology Archive
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High school students mentored in top Canadian labs explore out-of-box ideas; Many find career-shaping passion for science in microscope
Posted on February 20, 2013 | No CommentsBioscience Education Canada, Toronto 20-Feb-2013 Unexpected prizes from a high school biotech science competition, mentored by some of Canada’s top research experts, range from rich university scholarships and commercial patents... -
Canadian girl, 16, invents disease-fighting, anti-aging compound using tree particles
Posted on May 8, 2012 | No CommentsBioscience Education Canada, Toronto 8-May-2012 Powerful anti-oxidant discovered in tree pulp; Grade 12 researcher wins top honors at national biotech science competition OTTAWA — An Ontario girl, 16, who invented... -
Historic ‘Grand Challenge’ launched: Create low-cost devices for rapid disease diagnosis
Posted on December 16, 2011 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 16-Dec-2011 Grand Challenges Canada and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation invest almost $32 million in the discovery and development of new and improved diagnostics at... -
Creating an ‘electronic nose’ to sniff out tuberculosis from a patient’s breath
Posted on November 7, 2011 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 7-Nov-2011 A new hand-held device called the Electronic Nose, which has the potential to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) in symptomatic patients, was awarded a $950,000 grant from... -
Unlisted ingredients in teas and herbal brews revealed in DNA tests by high school students
Posted on July 20, 2011 | No CommentsRockefeller University, New York 20 Jul 11 Take a second look at your iced or steaming tea. Guided by scientific experts, three New York City high school students using tabletop... -
Smelly socks could be a key to preventing malaria deaths in the developing world
Posted on July 13, 2011 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 13 Jul 11 Tanzanian researchers are awarded a two-year grant to further develop a device that uses human foot odor to lure disease-spreading mosquitos into a trap. The odor (both... -
Teeming with life, Pacific’s California current likened to Africa’s Serengeti Plain
Posted on June 22, 2011 | No CommentsCensus of Marine Life, Washington DC / Tagging of Pacific Palagics project, Pacific Grove, CA 22 June 2011 Decade of electronic tagging, tracking of 23 top Pacific Ocean predators reveals remarkable... -
Student, 16, invents new drug cocktail to fight cystic fibrosis, wins Canadian biotech competition
Posted on May 22, 2011 | No CommentsBioTalent Canada, Ottawa 10 May, 2011 While many 16-year-olds are content with PlayStation, Toronto-area student Marshall Zhang used the Canadian SCINET supercomputing network to invent a new drug cocktail which... -
Studies detail triumphs, troubles of African innovators creating products for local health needs
Posted on December 12, 2010 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 12 December 2010 Africans strengthen ability to meet health needs in sub-Sahara with homegrown science solutions, but many products stagnate in labs for want of... -
Global health vs. global wealth: Looming choice for health firms in developing countries
Posted on September 14, 2010 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 14 September 2010 The lure of greater profits elsewhere in the world may divert bio-pharmaceutical firms in developing countries from the creation and distribution of... -
Cheaper drugs, vaccines forecast as collaborations grow between developing countries’ biotech firms
Posted on May 10, 2010 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 10 May 2010 ‘South-South’ biotech collaborations boost health, economies: Study The availability of more affordable drugs, vaccines and diagnostics that would help countless people worldwide... -
Student sleuths exploring with DNA barcodes reveal zoo of 95 species in typical NYC homes – find a mystery cockroach and new evidence of food fraud
Posted on January 2, 2010 | No CommentsRockefeller University New York City 28-Dec-2009 Two New York City high school students exploring their homes using the latest high-tech DNA analysis techniques were astonished to discover a veritable zoo... -
DNA barcodes: Creative new uses span health, fraud, smuggling, history, more
Posted on November 9, 2009 | No CommentsConsortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL), Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 6-Nov-2009 The scientific ability to quickly and accurately identify species through DNA “barcoding” is being embraced and applied... -
Tap wealth of local products emerging to fight ‘neglected’ diseases of poor: study
Posted on November 3, 2009 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Center for Global Health 3 Nov 2009 Experts propose ‘Global Health Accellerator’ to help new drugs, diagnostics, vaccines reach distant markets Research firms in developing countries have a medicine... -
Health biotech firms with developing country partners better postitioned to innovate, prosper
Posted on September 9, 2009 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 9 Sep 2009 Lower manufacturing, clinical trial, R&D costs of developing country partners equal major opportunities to advance global health, market position Collaboration with health... -
Cool new tools let public contribute to massive interactive online biodiversity encyclopedia
Posted on September 8, 2009 | No CommentsEncyclopedia of Life Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 23-Aug-2009 Over 30,000 still images and video, as well as local information about changing biodiversity, have been uploaded to the Encyclopedia of Life... -
“Designer Wheat” Research Breakthrough Wins Grade 10 Saskatchewan Student, 16, Top Honour in National Biotech Competition
Posted on May 14, 2009 | No CommentsCanadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre / BioTalent Canada Toronto / Ottawa 6-May-2009 Genetic research by a 16-year-old Saskatchewan student that could one day help farmers grow “designer wheat” — tailoring... -
DNA barcoding of mosquito species deployed in bid to end elephantiasis
Posted on April 30, 2009 | No CommentsJRS Biodiversity Foundation Philadelphia, USA 29-Apr-2009 First use of DNA barcoding in war against a major world disease New biotechnologies that allow scientists to quickly and accurately distinguish species based... -
Biotech Scientists Team with Curators to Stem Decay of World’s Art, Cultural Heritage
Posted on February 18, 2009 | No CommentsUnited Nations University Programme for Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNU-BIOLAC), Caracas, Venezuela 8-Feb-2009 The growing relationship between scientists and curators is the focus of a... -
Biomarkers in blood could aid diagnosis of crippling, often fatal forms of malaria
Posted on December 16, 2008 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health University of Toronto / University Health Network 7-Dec-2008 Canadian researchers have identified protein biomarkers that shed new light on the development of two severe and... -
Ottawa high school student’s “flu glue” wins national prize
Posted on May 17, 2008 | No CommentsCanadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre / BioTalent Canada Toronto / Ottawa 7-May-2008 Health Canada’s preliminary test of student’s findings ‘encouraging’ A ground-breaking study by a 17-year-old Ottawa student that demonstrated... -
China’s Health Biotech Industry: An Asian Dragon is Growing
Posted on January 9, 2008 | No CommentsMcLaughlin Rotman Centre for Global Health University of Toronto / University Health Network 7-Jan-2008 Government funds innovation but venture capital needed; Wary investors ‘need to be shown the exits’; Returning... -
India’s biotech industry emerging as world innovator, collaborator, competitor
Posted on April 12, 2007 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health / Program on Life Sciences, Ethics and Policy 9-Apr-2007 India’s health biotech firms are emerging as a major global player, with growing means and know-how... -
Cuba, South Africa, India, China, Brazil Among Developing Countries with Recipe for Thriving Health Biotechnology Industries, Saving Lives, Researchers Say in Three-Year, First-Ever Study
Posted on December 6, 2004 | No CommentsJoint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto 6 December, 2004 Cuba, South Korea, and India make and export their own biotech vaccines, Egypt manufactures recombinant insulin, and South Africa is developing a... -
Report: How 10 top new technologies will help world reach globally-agreed goals by 2015
Posted on October 7, 2004 | No Comments07 Oct 04 University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics New medical tools that quickly and accurately diagnose diseases like AIDS and malaria top a list of 10 biotech breakthroughs... -
Ethical guidelines needed before ‘nutrigenomic’ groceries come to market
Posted on November 3, 2003 | No Comments03 Nov 03 University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics New research designed to help consumers create customized diets based on their genetic make up will create ethical and legal...