by Stacey Johnson | Sep 18, 2020
You know the expression “a moment on the lips, forever on the hips?” I can think of something else that takes only a moment and can cause a lasting positive effect. With one quick and painless cheek swab, your DNA gets added to a stem cell registry. If you are found...
by Jovana Drinjakovic | Sep 9, 2020
In 2015, Jason Moffat walked into Sheila Singh’s office at McMaster University and gave her a small vial of clear liquid. The vial contained ten milliliters, or two teaspoons, of an injectable antibody, created in Moffat’s lab in Toronto, with a street value of around...
by Stacey Johnson | Sep 4, 2020
In 2016, I stumbled upon the concept of a “blog carnival” and I was excited to give it a whirl. It was so much fun and such a success that, five years later, it is now a regular summer feature on Signals. You can look forward to it in the same way that...
by Stacey Johnson | Aug 26, 2020
Finally, COVID-19 is no longer the only topic dominating the news cycle, although it took several months before mainstream media felt they could move away from covering a global pandemic that was likely affecting every person on the planet. In some ways it was a...
by David Kent | Aug 26, 2020
As the nations of the world very slowly emerge out of the various states of lockdown and adjust to the new normal of social distancing, working from home, and staggering shifts, it gives us an opportunity to reflect on the past six months of world-changing events...
by Michael May | Aug 26, 2020
It is difficult to imagine how many times the opening lines to Charles Dickens’ classic A Tale of Two Cities, written over 160 years ago, has been used to describe the world’s current state of affairs. Yet, I am challenged to identify any other time during my...
by Tara Fernandez | Aug 26, 2020
Regenerative medicines could have life-saving potential by dampening inflammation The COVID-19 pandemic is one of modern medicine’s greatest challenges. There have been 20 million (and counting) confirmed cases worldwide and, if predictions are right, the worst is yet...
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