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In this special rerun episode of The Swine it Podcast Show Canada, Dr. Mariela Segura from the University of Montreal explains the current challenges and future perspectives of Streptococcus suis vaccines.(The Swine it Podcast Show Canada, November 2025 )
Drs. Stephen Withers and Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu’s research has led to a major step forward for universal organs. (Popular Mechanics, October 2025 )
Drs. Stephen Withers and Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu’s research has led to a major step forward for universal organs. (Popular Mechanics, October 2025 )
UBC researchers have shown that our gut bacteria can feed on these large molecules – something thought to not be possible – thanks to enzymes that normally help us break down dietary fibre.
(UBC News, August 2025 )
UBC researchers say they’ve made a breakthrough in the treatment of a disease that affects hundreds of thousands of Canadians. (Global News, May 2025 )
A team led by Dr. Trushar Patel at the University of Lethbridge is taking a closer look at honeybees and the parasites and viruses impacting their population.
(CTV News, April 2025 )
Dr. Yves St-Pierre talked with SeaFoodSource about how he is applying oncology techniques to the study of mussel species. (SeaFoodSource, September 2024 )
On Global Edmonton’s Health Matters segment, GlycoNet CEO Elizabeth Nanak and 48Hour Discovery CEO Ratmir Derda shared how glycomics research is driving new health solutions & speeding up drug discovery (March 23, 2022).
“We will, in the next several months, know how well our vaccine did against Omicron,” the company’s medical officer, Dr. Brian Ward, told CBC News, citing ongoing company trials. (CBC News, February 2022)
Dr. Matthew Macauley talked to CBC Radio Active about a promising promising development in the battle against the disease (CBC Radio Active with Adrienne Pan, December 2019)
Dr. Don Sheppard, co-director and founder of MI4 spoke to CTV Montreal about the initiative and its goals to control and evolve around Superbugs. (CTV Montreal, May 2019)
High school teachers were on the other side of the classroom with the chance to play with the research on carbohydrates. (Edmonton Journal, December 2018)
Dr. Robert Britton has embarked on an ambitious project to develop carbohydrate mimics to assist cancer therapies. (Medical Xpress, May 2018)
A protein found in the human brain may be the key to treating Alzheimer’s disease. (Global News, January 2018)
A simple blood test to detect aggressive prostate cancer is on the path to commercialization.
A compound in the plant holds the key to treating blood spikes in diabetic patients. (Photo source: Source: MSL)
Researchers found molecules to prevent ice crystals from forming, thus protecting cells from damage during cryopreservation.
Biochemist and 48Hour Discovery founder Ratmir Derda hopes the Edmonton-based company will become “the next molecular Google.” (Edmonton Journal, December 2017)
First-of-its-kind procedure opens door for hundreds more
GlycoNet researchers discover enzymes that can aid pulmonary infections and chronic wounds. (Nature Podcast)
Canadian researchers have discovered the defence mechanism of the often deadly fungus and are developing ways to fight it by using its own defences against it. (Radio Canada International, November 2015)
