May

‘Greatest gift for Mother’s Day’: Boy bounces back after receiving kidney from mom CTV News “Before going under the knife at Toronto’s SickKids Hospital, Charlie’s sense of taste was severely hampered–even water tasted funny–but the […]

Lynparza® (olaparib) Receives New Indication for BRCA-Mutated Metastatic Breast Cancer Canada NewsWire (press release) “MISSISSAUGA, May 10, 2018 /CNW/ – AstraZeneca today announced that Health Canada has approved Lynparza® (olaparib) tablets, as a monotherapy for […]

Film scholar Andre Gaudreault, scientist Walter Herzog among winners of $100000 Killam Prize The Globe and Mail “Janet Werker of the University of British Columbia rounds out the list of honourees with her research examining […]

Think you’ve got a tough job? Try being a nurse CBC.ca “Jennifer Reed, a scientist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, and colleagues just published a study in the International Journal of Nursing .” […]

Push for diversity, cooperation in the research community goes beyond ‘business as usual,’ say … Hill Times “However, despite the widespread celebration, both Universities Canada and HealthCareCAN say there is still more work to do […]

Breast cancer: discovery of a protein linked to metastasis IRCM “Montreal, May 2, 2018. Jean-François Côté, a researcher at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) and professor at Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Medicine, studies […]

Dr. Howard Chertkow appointed as the new Chair in Cognitive Neurology and Innovation at Baycrest’s Rotman … Canada NewsWire (press release) “Dr. Howard Chertkow appointed as the new Chair in Cognitive Neurology and Innovation at […]

New research shows indigenous eye health ‘sadly neglected’ across the world Mirage News “While the World Health Organization has identified the “Right to Sight” through its Vision 2020 initiative, little is known about the burden […]

University of Toronto researcher Lewis Kay wins $1-million science prize The Globe and Mail “During a summer undergraduate research job that Dr. Organ said, “I basically got because I could drive a tractor,” he realized […]