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Genetic link to autism identified
U of T researcher leads groundbreaking study...more

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An implant created by U of T faculty and students will limit side effects by bringing ovarian cancer drugs directly to the ovary…more

New gene linked to Alzheimer's disease identified...more

Canadian research team discovers key mechanism behind neuropathic pain - Microglia cells release a protein that activates pain neurons...more

UBC scientists create protein to block addiction cravings - Research shows for the first time how to “block” memory...more

Potential vaccine for Alzheimer's disease improves learning and memory deficits in mice, says a new report in The Journal of Neuroscience...more

TORONTO (CP) - An osteoporosis drug has been found to reduce the incidence of invasive breast cancer in high-risk, post-menopausal women as effectively as the current gold-standard drug tamoxifen - but with far fewer serious side-effects, researchers say...more

Scientists Say Bird Flu Virus Doesn't Spread Easily From Human to Human Because of Where It Grows (NEW YORK, Mar 24, 2006 ABC NEWS)...more

LONDON - Analysis of samples of the H5N1 bird flu virus from two of its victims in Turkey has detected a change in one gene in one of two samples tested, but it is too early to tell whether the mutation is important, the World Health Organization...more

Discovery of glucagon secretion mechanism may lead to improved therapies for diabetics
Implications of research most important for type 2 diabetes patients. Jan 13/06...more

An American jury has awarded huge damages against Merck for a death associated with Vioxx, an anti-inflammatory drug that the firm withdrew last year...more

WASHINGTON, DC July 20, 2005 - A drug currently approved for the treatment of Crohn's disease may also be useful in treating the type of brain tumors called gliomas, scientists report...more

University of Toronto researchers have gained new insight into how a specific protein may control circadian rhythms and metabolic processes, which has implications for treating cholesterol-related diseases...more

A single prenatal dose of methamphetamine - commonly known as speed - may be enough to cause long-term neurodevelopmental problems in babies, say University of Toronto researchers...more

UN experts urge action on threat of bird flu TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2005...more

Lucky dog helps human research. Purdue University studies polymer to mend spinal cord injuries...more

Papers indicate firm knew possible Prozac suicide risk...more

Magnesium shown to boost learning, memory
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The Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute has patented two newpotential treatments for Alzheimer's disease. One treatment uses bryostatin, a cancer treatment drug. Bryostatin activates an enzyme, which jump-starts a chemical process thought to reduce the growth of certain plaques in the brain believed to cause Alzheimer's, institute researchers found. The Associated Press - December 2, 2004

Washington (CNN )- Researchers, led by a team of scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute, have discovered the gene responsible for progeria, the rare and fatal genetic condition that causes accelerated aging in children...more

A strain of bacteria that has been plaguing Quebec hospitals is more widespread and deadly than previously believed. A study by McGill University epidemiologist Vivian Loo looked at incidents of Clostridium difficile infection at 10 hospitals in Montreal and Sherbrooke, Que. from January to June of this year. ...more

Brain wasting disease may have received lots of attention at the height of the mad cow crisis, but it's still extremely rare among humans, a new Statistics Canada study confirms....more

Singapore doctors find SARS in tears of patients in last year's outbreak SINGAPORE (AP) - The SARS virus was detected in tear drops taken from patients in Singapore last year when the disease spread across the world and killed 774 people, including 44 in the Toronto area, according to a study published in a British medical journal.

West Nile virus expected to appear in B.C. Interior by August VANCOUVER (CP) - West Nile virus is likely to appear in British Columbia before summer's end, the Interior Health Authority's chief medical health officer said Monday. "We would be imprudent to not prepare ourselves for the arrival of West Nile virus this year,"
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Dead blue jay in Ontario confirmed first dead bird this year from West Nile (CP) - The potentially deadly West Nile virus is expected to show up in provinces as far-reaching as British Columbia and Prince Edward Island this summer, Health Canada said Thursday as Ontario reported the first bird to die from the virus this year.
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Sask keeps West Nile budget at 1.5 million, despite being hot zone in '03 REGINA (CP) - Saskatchewan will keep its West Nile prevention budget at $1.5 million this summer, despite being Canada's hot zone for the disease in 2003. There were 935 human cases of the virus in the province last year and it was a contributing factor in six deaths.
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