by Stacey Johnson | Mar 25, 2022
If Chip Wilson isn’t a name you recognize, I’m confident you’ve heard of Lululemon. Lululemon is the activewear company that Mr. Wilson built. Born in the U.S., but educated and living in Canada, he’s a billionaire who is using his money to find a cure for...
by Lyla El-Fayomi | Jul 30, 2021
“Regenerative medicine news under the microscope” is a monthly feature highlighting big stories in stem cell research. I will sample the latest and greatest findings in recent press and package them into a single post. July was another great month in regenerative...
by Tara Fernandez | Jul 7, 2021
In early 2021, a young boy in Barcelona was the first to receive Pfizer’s investigational gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). This was part of a global Phase 3 human trial to test Pfizer’s lead candidate, PF-06939926, in a cohort of 99 patients with...
by Lisa Willemse | Mar 28, 2014
> Michael Rudnicki has been studying muscle biology for a long time… all the way back to his days as a graduate student. In this time, he’s contributed greatly to our understanding about muscle formation and the molecular “switches” that...
by Angela C. H. McDonald | Jun 7, 2012
Late in May, the Brampton Fire Department (just outside of Toronto) held a “boot drive” to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy. My boyfriend who happens to be a firefighter tells me that boot drives are fairly common among Canadian fire departments. In fact, they are...
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