Grey Matters
Ontario’s brain disease research institutions stand among the best in the world, helping address the most frightening diseases out there
As the saying goes, a mind is a terrible thing to waste. The brain is the most significant contributor to making us what we are. Memories, personality traits, senses—you name it, it’s all stored or processed by the grey matter between your ears. Unfortunately, the fact that we as a people acknowledge this has little bearing on the battle that the global community is waging against brain disease, which includes Parkinson’s disease, Epilepsy, Huntington disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy and Alzheimer’s disease.
|
|
No More Pills
Through the application of nutraceuticals and food science, Canadian researchers are turning food into a weapon against illness
In seeking safe and effective ways to help manage health, more than two-thirds of Canadians have taken natural health products, according to Health Canada’s 2005 Baseline Natural Health Products Survey Among Consumers. This interest is primarily driven by the rising prevalence of conditions related to ageing, obesity, infection and immunity.
|
|
|
Canadian Biotechs
Heal, Fuel and Feed the World
In the past two years, the Canadian biotechnology industry has been healing, fueling and feeding the world against all odds, facing lack of funding and human resources challenges. Our panel is optimistic and finally sees the light at the end of the tunnel.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 The Budget IS IN
The federal government recently presented its 2010 federal budget, a $19 billion plan with a number of fiscal commitments that will promote research and innovation in the life sciences and related fields.
|
|
|
|
 Up and Running
Bio-Processing Alliance Inc. recently announced its official launch of business. BPAI is a biologics drug development think tank providing consultative direction and support in the management of complex biologics programs from concept through to development and successful delivery of product for Phase I-III human clinical trials.
|
|
|
New Brain Lab
Atlantic Canada will strengthen its position as a world-leading hub for medical imaging and see new jobs created with the opening of a new brain imaging lab at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax. The Clinical Magnetoence-phalography (MEG) Lab will be used to diagnose brain disease such as epilepsy and brain tumours, especially in children.
|
|
