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    Research is a public good

               January 22, 2009

Next week's federal budget needs to build upon - and further encourage - scientific and medical research in Canada.

The present moment is critical, because of the arrival of the Obama administration. Though the practical effect of the Bush administration's denial of federal funding to embryonic stem-cell research has been exaggerated, Canada attracted many scientists in those years, thanks to a reputation for greater...

The Agenda with Steve Paikin
TVO

The Interview with Sam Weiss, 2008 Gairdner International Award Winner. Using your head: Gairdner Award winner Dr. Sam Weiss and his discovery that the adult brain produces stem cells to fix itself.

To access the interview, click on URL: http://www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/tvoutils/globalfiles/VideoPop.cfm?spot_id=5652&sitefolder=theagenda

To find out more about how Sam Weiss came to know of his Gairdner International Award win, click on URL:http://www.tvo.o...

By HELEN BRANSWELL, THE CANADIAN PRESS
Tue, October 21, 2008

The trepidation and distrust HPV vaccines have faced from some quarters are a disappointment to the scientist whose discovery of the link between human papillomaviruses and cervical cancer laid the groundwork for the vaccines.

Dr. Harald zur Hausen, co-winner of this year's Nobel prize for medicine, admitted yesterday that the negative reaction of some parents in North America and Europe to the vaccines perturbs him.

"It is a...

More than 30 years ago, Harald zur Hausen's theory was dismissed as nonsense. Today, he's the winner of the two highest awards in medicine. The acclaimed scientist sits down with The Globe's André Picard to discuss his work and achievements

ANDRÉ PICARD
PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTER
October 21, 2008

Earlier this month, Dr. Harald zur Hausen of the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discovery that the human papilloma virus can cause ...

The Gairdner Foundation expresses its sadness on the death of Ernest Beutler on October 5, 2008, of San Diego, California. Dr. Beutler received a Gairdner International Award in 1975.  He was one of the pioneers who laid the basis for hematology for many years. He established that by looking very carefully at the biochemistry of blood cells, you can tell a great deal about why they aren't behaving as they should. He made key discoveries in bone marrow transplantation for fighting cancer;...

The Gairdner Foundation expresses its sadness on the death of George Palade on October 7, 2008, of Del Mar, California. Beginning in the 1940s he discovered the ribosome, the cell's protein-making factory, and helped explain the way proteins are transposrted out of the cell, as when a pancreatic cell scertes insulin, for example.

Dr. Palade received a Gairdner International Award in 1967.  Dr. Palade has been internationally recognized for his pioneering use of electron microscopy and...