CTV News: Using viruses in the fight against cancer

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Fredericton, NB — Businesses and students in New Brunswick can now get a productivity boost thanks to a new agreement between Mitacs and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA). Thanks to a $97,000 investment by ACOA, Mitacs can undertake 26 research internships that allow for partnerships between students at post-secondary institutions and local industry. Specifically, the […]

A University of Alberta researcher has won a national award for her work in creating face coverings layered with salt. As Su-Ling Goh reports, the salt masks have been shown to kill bacteria and viruses within minutes. Watch here…

By Jackie Bryant La Jolla, California-based Artelo Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARTL) recently announced that its Canadian subsidiary, Artelo Biosciences Corporation, is the recipient of a Mitacs Accelerate Grant that will allow the company to further its research on ART26.12, a product candidate for the treatment of anxiety, cancer, inflammation, and pain. Mitacs is a Canadian non-profit research organization. The grant […]

By Denio Lourenco Viruses typically don’t have the best reputation, especially during a pandemic. But medical researchers are increasingly looking to them as a way to treat cancer. Read more…

Taylor Jamieson-Datzkiw wins Indigenous innovation prize for her research into cancer-fighting viruses Listen here…

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Learn more about a researcher from University of Alberta who invented a mask with salt crystals that helps kill bacteria. Watch here…

A University of Alberta researcher wins an innovation award for developing a mask that is coated in salt — whose crystals serve as nasty spikes to destroy droplets.  Listen here…

We talk to Nikkie To​ – recipient of the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation — Masters and a recent Master of Inclusive Design graduate at OCAD Listen here…

 Dr. Ilaria Rubino, Recent PhD graduate from the department of chemical and materials engineering at the University of Alberta & winner of the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation – International.  Listen here…

Ottawa, ON — From a cancer treatment breakthrough and a face mask shown to kill both viruses and bacteria, to a first-of-its-kind battery to boost the performance of electric cars and pioneering software to advance quantum computers, seven up-and-coming researchers and a trailblazing company are being recognized for their game-changing achievements in Canadian research. Backed […]