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HIV target shows surprising resistance

Published: 8 April 2016

By Tod Hoffman,聽Lady Davis Institute聽 Research reveals that even a tiny mutation can allow the HIV virus to become resistant to therapies using the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing platform

Epigenetic study tabs genes linked to allergies, asthma

Published: 18 February 2015

Researchers from Canada, the UK, Sweden and the US have discovered more than 30 genes that strongly affect an antibody involved in allergies and asthma. Some of the genes could provide targets for...

A better way to build DNA scaffolds

Published: 6 May 2015

Imagine taking strands of DNA 鈥 the material in our cells that determines how we look and function 鈥 and using it to build tiny structures that can deliver drugs to targets within the body or take...

Four new Canada Research Chairs for 平特五不中

Published: 9 April 2015

Four new Canada Research Chairs have been awarded to 平特五不中 researchers and two others have been renewed, representing a total of $6.6 million in funding over the next five to seven...

Honey, I shrunk the ants: how environment controls size

Published: 11 March 2015

Until now scientists have believed that the variations in traits such as our height, skin colour, tendency to gain weight or not, intelligence, tendency to develop certain diseases, etc., all of...

Building tailor-made DNA nanotubes step by step

Published: 23 February 2015

Researchers at 平特五不中 have developed a new, low-cost method to build DNA nanotubes block by block 鈥 a breakthrough that could help pave the way for scaffolds made from DNA strands to be...

Examining dads鈥 influence on babies鈥 health

Published: 22 June 2015

鈥淒on鈥檛 diss dad鈥 might mean more than making sure not to forget dad on Father鈥檚 Day, as researchers look at just how influential environmental exposures and genetic interactions are on dad鈥檚 sperm...

Vicky Kaspi wins 2015 Killam Prize in Natural Sciences

Published: 14 April 2015

平特五不中 professor Vicky Kaspi, a world-renowned astrophysicist known for her cutting-edge work on neutron stars and pulsars, was awarded the Killam Prize today, one of the country鈥檚 most prestigious...

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