by Stacey Johnson | Mar 17, 2023
Toronto, Canada’s Tak Mak, OC, OOnt, FRS, FRSC, has won the prestigious Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Cancer Research, valued at US$100,000. Dr. Mak, who has his lab at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (PMCC), is...
by Stacey Johnson | Mar 10, 2023
If you’ve watched the 1992 movie Lorenzo’s Oil, based on the true story of parents searching for a treatment for their son’s rare neurological disease, adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), then the real-life story of the Pirovolakis family might feel familiar. The Pirovolakis...
by Stacey Johnson | Mar 3, 2023
Can you name 10 Black Canadians who have made significant contributions to life in Canada? That was a question posed by Vicki Olatundon, a motivational speaker, during a Black History Month presentation. (More on this later.) Here’s another question: what does Black...
by Tannen Horber | Feb 23, 2023
Mentorships should be transformational relationships, mutually beneficial for both the mentor and the mentee, and in Canada’s biotech industry they are essential. As the industry continues to grow, the need for qualified, skilled workers has increased. There is a...
by Stacey Johnson | Feb 17, 2023
In 2019 I wrote an open letter to Joe Rogan, asking him to be more judicious in how he discusses stem cells on his popular – 12.8 million subscribers – podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience. Much to my surprise, I didn’t hear back from Joe or his people although I tagged...
by Stacey Johnson | Feb 11, 2023
Have you heard of Henrietta Leavitt, Annie Cannon and Williamina Fleming? They are to astronomy what Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson are to NASA and the space race. If the latter three names are familiar, you probably saw the movie Hidden Figures,...
by Laine Bodnar | Feb 2, 2023
Although winter is still here and many university students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) studies are swamped with assignments and tests, now is the time to start on the hunt for a summer job in the field. In fact, many summer internships are...
by Stacey Johnson | Jan 27, 2023
Last year saw the organizers behind Advanced Therapies Week (ATW) move the conference from Miami to Miami Beach to accommodate a larger audience. As the Covid-19 pandemic was still going strong in January 2022, making international travel more difficult, attendance...
by Sara M. Nolte | Jan 19, 2023
While you all know me as a writer for Signals, I actually spend most of time working clinically. When wearing my health-care provider hat as a physician assistant in orthopaedics, I’m often asked about the use of stem cell therapy for the treatment of arthritis....
by Cal Strode | Jan 12, 2023
The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM) delivered its State of the Industry Briefing (#CGSOTI23) at Biotech Showcase, held January 9–11, 2023, in San Francisco, California. Tim Hunt, CEO, of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM) kicked things off by...
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