by Stacey Johnson | May 11, 2018
For Canada to thrive, supporting and training our future work force and leaders is crucial. This can happen in a myriad of ways. For a group of Canadian organizations in the biotherapeutics field, this has taken the form of joining together to host training workshops...
by Stacey Johnson | Mar 30, 2018
Canada’s reputation for excellent science in the field of regenerative medicine can be traced back to the University of Toronto (U of T). Quite literally, Drs. James Till and Ernest McCulloch were U of T researchers when they discovered stem cells in the early 1960s....
by Stacey Johnson | Feb 2, 2018
Cell and Gene Therapy World, or “Phacilitate” as delegates like to refer to it, happened last week in Miami, Florida (January 22-25). The conference, with 1,500 in attendance, brings together industry professionals from more than 30 countries. The event...
by Nicole Kuchinsky | Dec 5, 2017
One of my personal highlights from this year’s Till and McCulloch Meetings was attending the “Science for Citizens” panel (reported on in a previous post). Experts including Timothy Caulfield, patient advocate William Brock, and National Post writer Tom...
by Stacey Johnson | Oct 27, 2017
Before Jake Gyllenhaal starred in the 2001 comedy Bubble Boy, there was a 1976 version starring John Travolta called The Boy In The Plastic Bubble. Both movies were inspired by the lives of David Vetter, who had severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), and Ted DeVita,...
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