Daily media digest August 18, 2017

Marketwired (press release)
“VANCOUVER, BC–(Marketwired – August 17, 2017) – Genome BC is … was funded equally by Genome BC and Provincial Health Services Authority.”
TAGS: innovation, robotics, tumor research, Genome

 

CBC
“”The solution to sitting may not be standing,” said Dr. David Alter, a cardiologist and a senior scientist at the University Health Network’s Toronto …”
TAGS: movement, health, University Health Network

 

BetaKit
“BlueRock Therapeutics said its collaboration with the UHN will initially focus on the development of cell therapies that can regenerate heart muscle in …”
TAGS: BlueRock therapeutics, R&D, degenerative disease, University Health Network

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“MONTRÉAL, Aug. 17, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ – The Québec Minister of Health and Social Services, Gaétan Barrette, will be giving today the opening address for the 5th edition of the Preventing Overdiagnosis conference”
TAGS: overdiagnosis, Quebec, QMA

 

Toronto Sun
“A breakthrough study by Australian researchers has found a way to cure … The findings, published in the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal, …”
TAGS: peanut allergies, Research, immunotherapy

 

Globalnews.ca
“New research by Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a professor of psychology and … Holt-Lunstad’s research, presented at a conference of the American …”
TAGS: loneliness, study

 

EurekAlert (press release)
“University of Alberta researchers have found that peroxisomes are required for cells in the innate immune response to bacteria and fungi.”
TAGS: peroxisomes, bacterial infection, University of Alberta

 

Globalnews.ca
“The “state-of-the-art” $1.6 billion health care facility began construction last fall and features “smart” technology systems and medical devices with a …”
TAGS: hospital, health facility, funding