Daily Media Digest February 27, 2019

The London Free Press
“London-based researchers with Western University and the Lawson Health Research Institute are leveraging tobacco plants as “green bioreactors” …”
TAGS: protein, pharmaceutical research, tobacco

 

Business Wire (press release)
“Eight leading health care and research organizations in the U.S. and Canada have signed an agreement to launch …”
TAGS: consortium, genetic diseases, genome sequencing

 

The Gazette • Western University’s Newspaper
“If you ask pre-meds why they’re involved in research, four out of five of them will respond with something along the lines of “it’s good for my medical …”
TAGS: students, medicine, research

 

The Kingston Whig-Standard
“… will improve health care for patients,” said Duncan Hunter, an associate professor and the interim head of public health at Queen’s University.”
TAGS: healthcare system, Ontario Health

 

CTV News
“Diane Colley-Urquhart introduced a motion on Monday night to have the University of Calgary’s O’Brien Institute for Public Health conduct a study on …”
TAGS: fluoride, health benefits, study

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced the appointment of Pam Damoff as the new Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health, effective immediately.”
TAGS: Parliamentary Secretary, Health, Pam Damoff, John Oliver