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CMA adopts patient focus
The Canadian Medical Association’s new three-year strategy, CMA 2020, aims to make the organization more outward-facing and patient-focused. The changes came after a period of soul-searching on…
Cybersecurity for the travelling scientist
Virtual private networks, tracking apps and ‘burner’ laptops: how to protect sensitive data when you take your research on the road. Mark Gerstein has had his…
Free certification for US cannabis labs to help fight opioid epidemic
Ensuring that America’s medical marijuana is reliable and of high quality will help patients and drive down opioid use in the country, according to Americans for…
The Climate Bomb Lurking Under Arctic Permafrost
New research aims to better understand how much methane – a potent greenhouse gas – is burbling to the surface of the Mackenzie Valley in Canada’s…
Cyclists’ Pacing Strategies Should Consider the Wind
Both Tour de France racers and recreational cyclists can improve performance by riding hardest into the wind. As the elite riders of the Tour de France…
Faster, deeper, smaller—the rise of antibody-like scaffolds
In early May the pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca completed a deal with Boston-based Pieris Pharmaceuticals worth up to $2.1 billion to bring Pieris’ anticalin asthma drug PRS-060,…