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Building a sustainable, high-impact, and ‘living’ biobank infrastructure in Canada

A living biobank can generate new insights about our care; Francois Lamontagne, Paul Hebert, and Michelle Kho tell us more.
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What we need to know about urinary incontinence

Christopher Jayne, MD, FACOG, URPS, MIGS, Director from Greater Houston Urogyn, walks us through what we need to know about urinary incontinence, including comment on bladder injury research.

Data and specimen-sharing tools offer new discovery opportunities for ME/CFS researchers

Within the field of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) research, two online tools: mapMECFS (Mathur and Carnes, 2021) and searchMECFS play a crucial role in advancing the understanding of ME/CFS by encouraging researchers to share and use data and biospecimens that are stored in centralized and easily accessible data portals.

Photodynamic therapy and immune response in solid tumours

Photodynamic therapy can stimulate a person’s own immune system to better recognise – and fight – cancer tumours, say Mary Potasek, PhD and Karl Beeson, PhD of Simphotek and Theresa M Busch, PhD of the Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania.
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The future of AVS, dizziness and vertigo in emergency departments: Part I. Towards a...

In this first of five articles, Dr Millie Nakatsuka discusses the socio-economic implications associated with the diagnosis of acute vestibular syndrome and why more cost-effective and sustainable approaches are needed.
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Sepsis Canada: Building a national research network for sepsis awareness

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition estimated to affect 49 million people annually worldwide; yet it is not widely understood. In this article, we hear how Sepsis Canada is working to promote sepsis awareness through supporting research, public education, and cross-disciplinary training.
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Knee health promotion and cell therapy for knee osteoarthritis

Shaw-Ruey Lyu, Professor from Dalin Tzu-Chi Hospital, Tzu-Chi University, says that the knee health promotion option and cell therapy are a perfect combination for knee osteoarthritis.
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Immigrant, black and racialized people’s health

Learn about the research of Dr. Bukola Salami, Professor at Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, in this particular focus on Immigrant, Black, and Racialized People’s Health.
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The successes and challenges of organ transplantation

Fadi G. Lakkis, Professor of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, charts the successes and challenges of organ transplantation.
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Early detection of algal infection using direct real-time chemical ionization mass spectrometry

Robert S. Pomeroy, Teaching Professor at UC San Diego, guides us through the early detection of algal infections using direct real-time chemical ionization mass spectrometry.
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Glutamate excitotoxicity in the cochlea

Mark Rutherford, Associate Professor at Washington University School of Medicine, discusses the burden and causes of hearing dysfunction, as well as the possible solutions for mitigating glutamate excitotoxicity.
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Understanding immune mechanisms to create novel treatments for primary biliary cholangitis

Professor Channakeshava S Umeshappa from Dalhousie University discusses the burden of primary biliary cholangitis and how understanding immune mechanisms may help to treat it.
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The effect of soil degradation on human, animal and plant health

Dr. Christine Sprunger, soil scientist and ecologist at W.K. Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) and the Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences at Michigan State University, discusses the danger of soil degradation on human and animal life, and what we can do to mitigate it.

DEUSTO 6i: Helping young researchers access doctoral training

Through its two Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie COFUND projects, DEUSTO is providing up to 35 doctoral training fellowships between 2016 and 2025 to attract excellent doctoral candidates from all over the world.

Cutaneous chronic wounds: A worldwide silent epidemic

Chronic wounds develop due to the defective regulation of one or more of the complex cellular and molecular processes involved in proper healing. Here Manuela Martins-Green explores novel potential treatments for wound chronicity.
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Acute care hospital reform in Japan: Outcomes in quality and market competition

This paper describes why the fee system for acute care hospital reform in Japan is beginning to show results.
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How do we envision the sustainable society we want to create?

Here, Professor Masahide Sakamoto uses Japanese pollution research as a case study for thinking about and understanding how to create a sustainable society.

An exploration of the Portuguese Council for Health and Environment

Here, Dr. Mónica Rodrigues explores the Portuguese Council for Health and Environment (CPSA) efforts to prevent climate change, promote sustainability, enact a Global Health System Strategy and so much more.
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Rapid measurement tools or fast identification of bioaerosols

Why is rapid measurement tools or fast identification of bioaerosols important and what are the challenges and opportunities?
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Prebiotics from algae as a treatment for inflammatory bowel disease

The Algae4IBD project is studying the potential of probiotics and algae-derived prebiotics as a treatment for inflammatory bowel disease.

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