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The Gairdner Foundation regretfully announces the death on May 10 of Dr. Robert Salter (Gairdner 1969), Professor Emeritus of Orthopaedic Surgery and Senior Scientist Emeritus The Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto..
After graduating in medicine from the University of Toronto, Dr. Salter worked for two years at the Grenfell Medical Mission in Newfoundland. He joined the surgical staff at the Hospital for Sick Children in 1955.
Dr Salter remained a superb clinician and a…
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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…
Read More »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…
Read More »When politics meets public health
By Linda Quattrin, Director of Communications @ MaRS
Everyone loves an underdog. And in science, when your theories start out being dismissed by one’s esteemed colleagues, it must be particularly sweet to prove the mainstream wrong with a Nobel Prize.
Such is the story of German virologist Dr. Harald zur Hausen, winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery that human papilloma viruses cause cervical cancer.
Dr. zur Hausen,…
London Free Press Article about 2008 Gairdner and Nobel Laureate Dr. Harald zur Hausen
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…
Read More »Globe and Mail Article about 2008 Gairdner and Nobel Laureate Dr Harald zur Hausen
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 …
Read More »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;…
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