by Michael May | Nov 7, 2018
Michael May is President and CEO of CCRM. Peter Zandstra is the Chief Scientific Officer at CCRM and the Founding Director of UBC’s School of Biomedical Engineering. Zandstra and May co-founded CCRM, which launched in June 2011. This article also appears in...
by Sara M. Nolte | Oct 11, 2018
While it’s been years since I’ve been in school or academia, I can’t help but feel nostalgic this time of year, when fall marks the beginning of a new year (and the return of the pumpkin spice latte, mmm!). Many of you are hunkering down in your courses, starting new...
by Stacey Johnson | Oct 5, 2018
The 10 percent rule usually works fairly well when estimating disease prevalence in Canada compared to the equivalent in the U.S. Our population is about 10 percent the size of the U.S. so it makes sense that we match up, to an equivalent degree, on health issues,...
by Stacey Johnson | Sep 14, 2018
Across Canada, there are individuals who have taken on the challenge of educating the public about science to inform the misinformed. Some outspoken individuals have challenged celebrities and have become celebrities in their own right. Others wear the title of...
by Stacey Johnson | Aug 29, 2018
By what measure do we determine whether an industry “has arrived?” Goldman Sachs issued a report in 2017 with a section titled “The Coming Age of Regenerative Medicine” and media were quick to report this. A Business Insider headline stated that “money is pouring in...
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