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2014-10-24

Atkins, Harold, D Li, Matthew, Bubela, Tania, Bieber, Mark, Hafez, Mohamed

Background Stem cell (SC) therapies hold remarkable promise for many diseases, but there is a significant gulf between public expectations and the reality of progress toward clinical application. Public expectations are fueled by stakeholder arguments for research and public funding, coupled with...

2011-11-01

Young, Kue

Presentation about health care in the north, sustainability, and proposed solutions.

2011

Shoeib, M., Webster, G., Harner, T., Benskin, J. P., Beesoon. S., Martin, J. W.

Background: Perfluorochemicals (PFCs) are detectable in the general population and in the human environment, including house dust. Sources are not well characterized, but isomer patterns should enable differentiation of historical and contemporary manufacturing sources. Isomer-specific...

2014-10-29

Castle, David

Intellectual property rights play a central role in biotechnology innovation. Patents, in particular, preoccupy research funding agencies, venture capitalists and governments, despite the fact that the value of patents is disputed and their impact continues to foster controversy. Perhaps more...

2014-10-24

Bubela, Tania, Mishra, Amrita

Omics research infrastructure such as databases and bio-repositories requires effective governance to support pre-competitive research. Governance includes the use of legal agreements, such as Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs). We analyze the use of such agreements in the mouse research...

2007-08-23

Young, Kue

2006-01-05

Liu, Juan, Young, T. Kue, Zinman, Bernard, Harris, Stewart B., Connelly, Philip W., Hanle, Anthony J.G.

"Objective: To examine lifestyle factors associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS) and to explore the relationships between MetS and non‐traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors [adiponectin, leptin, C‐reactive protein (CRP), interleukin‐6 (IL‐6), and serum amyloid A (SAA)] in an isolated...

2014-11-14

Bubela, Tania, Morin, Jean-Frederic

Canada was the first country to implement the WTO Decision of August 30, 2003, authorizing the export of generic drugs manufactured under a compulsory license to developing countries in response to a proposal brought forward by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that now claim dissatisfaction...

2013

Yasui, Y., Burstyn, I., Li, Q., Beesoon, S., Cherry, N. M., Martin, J. W., Bamforth, F.

We conducted a case-referent study of the effect of exposure to bisphenol-A on fetal growth in utero in full-term, live-born singletons in Alberta, Canada. Newborns <10 percentile of expected weight for gestational age and sex were individually matched on sex, maternal smoking and maternal age to...

2014-11-14

Koper, Megan, Boon, Heather, Bubela, Tania, Caulfield, Timothy

Due to the growing industry support of biomedical research, studies are increasingly scrutinized because of conflicts of interest of investigators and concerns about inaccurate reporting of study results by the popular media. The Association of American Medical Colleges has defined conflict of...