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Monitoring for heart failure both in hospital and at home is about to get easier, more effective and less expensive, thanks to a first-of-its-kind finger prick technology developed by a Mitacs researcher at the University of Waterloo with support from Mississauga start-up LeNano Diagnostics Inc. 

A new device is being developed that could help easily detect whether you’re at risk of heart failure. You will be able to do the test from the comfort of your home, and receive the results in 20 minutes, thanks to Mitacs researcher at the University of Waterloo, Yael Zilberman-Simakov. It would work similarly to […]

Ontario researchers have developed a faster way to test if someone has heart failure. Current testing in a lab takes up to 24 hours. Heart failure is a condition that develops after the heart becomes damaged or weakened from heart attacks, high blood pressure or other heart conditions. It can cause abnormalities in heart function […]

Mississauga start-up LeNano Diagnostics partnered with Mitacs-University of Waterloo researcher Yael Zilberman-Simakov to develop the test.      

Prince Edward Island’s energy system is one step closer to becoming 100 per cent carbon-free, thanks to a federal grant. Researchers Matthew Hall and Andrew Swingler from UPEI’s School of Sustainable Design Engineering were granted $150,000 to develop a detailed framework for the Island’s electrical system, to increase its renewable energy integration and decrease its […]

Saskatoon, SK – Four Northern Saskatchewan Métis and First Nations communities will have access to policy research through a new $1.02 million pilot research project spearheaded by the University of Saskatchewan, in partnership with Mitacs and Western Economic Diversification Canada. Researchers from the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan […]

Years of run-off caused by farming practices and golf course maintenance have caused sea lettuce to explode in Island waterways, and one Island-based team is looking to make use of the pesky plant. Mike Cassidy, owner of Transcon International Ltd., a company with a history of battling sea lettuce, first tried to tackle the problem […]

THUNDER BAY – Seven Lakehead University students are going to spend the next two years on the cutting edge working to develop enhanced medical imaging technology. The university on Wednesday announced a $400,000 grant for the two-year project from Mitacs, a national non-profit research and training organization. Harutyun Poladyan, a biotechnology doctoral student at Lakehead, […]

Lakehead University graduate students will have the chance to work alongside radiologists to develop new medical imaging detectors through a new research project. National research organization, Mitacs, has provided a $400,000 grant to fund the two-year project which will give seven students an internship with the Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute. This project is […]

A group of Thunder Bay researchers will spend the next two years developing the next generation of medical imaging, with funding support from Mitacs.

Vancouver, BC — Researchers at Lakehead University and the Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute will lead graduate students to develop and commercialize the next generation of medical imaging detectors that will improve patient outcomes, thanks to a new partnership with Mitacs.   Mitacs, a national, not-for-profit research and training organization, is providing a $400,000 grant to […]

Ottawa, ON — Mitacs, a national, not-for-profit organization that provides post-secondary researchers with innovation-focused internships, commends the Government of Canada’s new investments to support Canadian researchers, including increased funding to the three federal research councils, as well as measures that support diversity and inclusion. These investments will provide researchers with access to support at all […]