New research by the University of Alberta will help demystify whether cannabis is a help or a hindrance to our health, in light of its imminent legalization. The study will span more than three years, analyzing medical cannabis-using and non-using patients, and how their interactions with the health-care system compare. “In the absence of clinical […]

Mississauga startup company LeNano Diagnostics Inc. has helped design an effective and low-cost way to monitor for heart failure, developed by a Mitacs researcher at the University of Waterloo. Patients simply prick their finger, rub the blood on a special strip, insert it into an electronic reader, and obtain a number within 20 minutes. An […]

For years, diabetics have been able to test their blood glucose levels with a simple prick of a finger. Now, an Israeli researcher who’s working in Canada has developed a similar technology for heart patients – an advancement that promises to save lives. The first-of-its-kind finger-prick technology will monitor the risk of heart failure the […]

Monitoring for heart failure both in hospital and at home is about to get easier, more effective and less expensive, thanks to a first-of-its-kind finger prick technology developed by a Mitacs researcher at the University of Waterloo with support from Mississauga start-up LeNano Diagnostics Inc. 

A new device is being developed that could help easily detect whether you’re at risk of heart failure. You will be able to do the test from the comfort of your home, and receive the results in 20 minutes, thanks to Mitacs researcher at the University of Waterloo, Yael Zilberman-Simakov. It would work similarly to […]

Mississauga start-up LeNano Diagnostics partnered with Mitacs-University of Waterloo researcher Yael Zilberman-Simakov to develop the test.      

Ontario researchers have developed a faster way to test if someone has heart failure. Current testing in a lab takes up to 24 hours. Heart failure is a condition that develops after the heart becomes damaged or weakened from heart attacks, high blood pressure or other heart conditions. It can cause abnormalities in heart function […]

Prince Edward Island’s energy system is one step closer to becoming 100 per cent carbon-free, thanks to a federal grant. Researchers Matthew Hall and Andrew Swingler from UPEI’s School of Sustainable Design Engineering were granted $150,000 to develop a detailed framework for the Island’s electrical system, to increase its renewable energy integration and decrease its […]

Years of run-off caused by farming practices and golf course maintenance have caused sea lettuce to explode in Island waterways, and one Island-based team is looking to make use of the pesky plant. Mike Cassidy, owner of Transcon International Ltd., a company with a history of battling sea lettuce, first tried to tackle the problem […]

Lakehead University graduate students will have the chance to work alongside radiologists to develop new medical imaging detectors through a new research project. National research organization, Mitacs, has provided a $400,000 grant to fund the two-year project which will give seven students an internship with the Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute. This project is […]

THUNDER BAY – Seven Lakehead University students are going to spend the next two years on the cutting edge working to develop enhanced medical imaging technology. The university on Wednesday announced a $400,000 grant for the two-year project from Mitacs, a national non-profit research and training organization. Harutyun Poladyan, a biotechnology doctoral student at Lakehead, […]

A group of Thunder Bay researchers will spend the next two years developing the next generation of medical imaging, with funding support from Mitacs.