Researchers find immunotherapy treatments better for advanced skin cancer
HAMILTON, ON – McMaster University researchers have found that for patients diagnosed in the late stages of one of the most common and deadly forms […]
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Food-poisoning bacteria may be behind Crohn’s disease
HAMILTON, ON — People who retain a particular bacterium in their gut after a bout of food poisoning may be at an increased risk of […]
Canadian researchers to conduct world-first study on fecal transplants for IBD in children
HAMILTON, ON – Hamilton researchers are conducting a ground-breaking new trial looking at fecal transplants to help treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children.
TFRI research teams to engineer precision medicine across a range of cancers
VANCOUVER, BC – Six outstanding Canadian research teams will use $27.3 million in new funding to engineer precision medicines for patients whose cancer has relapsed […]
Feds invest in new “big data” genomics research projects
HAMILTON, ON-Backed by the Federal Government, Genome Canada says it is investing $4 million in 16 new bioinformatics and computational biology (B/CB) research projects to […]
McMaster researchers resolve a problem that has been holding back a technological revolution
Imagine an electronic newspaper that you could roll up and spill your coffee on, even as it updated itself before your eyes.
Animal cancer breakthrough could lead to human clinical trials
GUELPH, ON-Cancer treatment in people could be transformed thanks to a study on treating cancer in animals led by researchers from the Ontario Veterinary College […]
Researchers harness DNA in a super-efficient sensor that detects bacteria, viruses, metals and drugs
HAMILTON, ON – Researchers at McMaster University have established a way to harness DNA as the engine of a microscopic “machine” they can turn on […]
McMaster scientists uncover new way to grow rare life-saving blood stem cells
HAMILTON, ON – Researchers at McMaster University’s Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute have made significant steps forward in understanding the stem cells of the […]
Chemists achieve first by creating new materials from rings that assemble themselves
HAMILTON,ON – Imagine throwing Lego pieces into the air and seeing them fall to the ground assembled into the shape of a house or plane. […]