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Liberals promise family doctors for all but is it realistic?
A major plank of the Liberal Party’s federal election platform…
Canadian election leaves scientists hanging — no matter who wins
Leading political parties pay scant attention to research in run-up…
From design to lift-off: blasting experiments into outer space
If you want an astronaut to run your experiment alongside…
Are fees for cataract surgery still too high?
Improvements in cataract surgery mean the procedure is faster and…
Three Share Medicine Nobel for How Cells Sense Oxygen
Oxygen-sensing genes allow cells to adapt when oxygen levels drop.…
How CBD Keeps THC in Check
The two main compounds in cannabis are in a constant…
Publications
- Aperio (1)
- Arctic Deeply (3)
- Audubon Magazine (1)
- bioGraphic (1)
- Biopharma Dealmakers (1)
- BMJ (6)
- Canadian Geographic (14)
- Canadian Medical Association Journal (61)
- Canadian Science Writers' Association (1)
- CHCO/The Courier (16)
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- Great Lakes Now (14)
- Hakai (54)
- Inside Science (52)
- Ivy Asks (4)
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- Medscape (33)
- Motherboard (2)
- Nature (107)
- Nature Biotechnology (5)
- Nature Index (5)
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- Nature Reviews Drug Discovery (1)
- New Scientist (49)
- Research Canada (2)
- Research Fortnight (6)
- SciDev.Net (5)
- Science (21)
- Science Borealis (2)
- Science.ca (1)
- Scientific American (1)
- The Lancet (19)
- The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (1)
- The Lancet Rheumatology (4)
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- The Pharmaceutical Journal (6)
- The Tyee (83)
- University Affairs (28)
- Water Canada (1)
- WebMD (1)
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