by Laine Bodnar | May 18, 2018
The 2018 International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy annual conference (ISCT 2018) took place in Montreal, Quebec, from May 2 to 5. It brought together experts and leaders in cell and gene therapies, and regenerative medicine, working in roles from bench to...
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 | Apr 20, 2018
This week (April 15-21) is National Volunteer Week. Across Canada, 12.7 million people donate their time to make Canada a better place to live. In the stem cell community, scientists, clinicians, researchers and hundreds of university students across the country work...
by Stacey Johnson | Dec 1, 2017
Eleven months in to 2017, I’m confident you’ve heard of Canada 150: a government-led initiative to celebrate and recognize Canada’s “150th” year – that number is widely disputed by the way. If Canada 150 does not sound familiar, you can find information and...
by Stacey Johnson | Nov 3, 2017
Did you notice surprisingly young-looking employees at your workplace this week? If you’re suffering from that getting old syndrome where that kid at the cash looks 12, but is actually a 27-year-old mother of two, then you may be relieved to know that your eyes...
by Sara M. Nolte | Sep 12, 2017
Over two years ago, an article published in Science took the Internet and media by storm. The paper, “Variation in cancer risk among tissues can be explained by the number of stem cell divisions,” better known as “The ‘Bad Luck’ Cancer Study,” used mathematical...
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