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If you follow the business section on the news, you may have noticed the frequency of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), particularly in the biotechnology industry. As an example, we have...

How can we use machine learning to improve drug discovery, patient treatment, and outcomes? Dr. Simon Eng is putting his PhD to work to answer questions like this and more....

References: Mortality rate for women with breast cancer: https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/breast.htmlGenome sequencing costs: https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/DNA-Sequencing-Costs-Data

From sci-fi movies to dystopian novels, the idea of person­alized medicine had been a dream for the future; how­ever, with the increased attention towards immunology and genetics over the years,...

Since the first Ap­ple Watch release in 2015, wearable technology has be­come a lucrative and rapidly growing indus­try, worth over $34 billion dollars in 2020. These products soon included com­panies...

Computer-based technology has infiltrated the health­care system in recent years. One of the medical prod­ucts emerging from the recent advancements in com­puter-based technology is robot-assisted surgery, which is the latest...

Cancer is the leading cause of death in Canada and requires an early di­agnosis to improve patient outcomes. It is estimated that in 2021, approximate­ly 239,000 Canadians are anticipated to...

As researchers, there is a constant search for the next big thing. Medi cine advances at a rapid rate as discoveries make splashing impacts on the field. However, sometimes the...

Someone is in an accident and is being rushed to the nearest hospital. Seconds determine the difference between life and death. Arriving at the hospital, the patient’s emergency contact in­forms...

Would you order your perfect child from a company? Genetics has become increasingly relevant in a clinical set­ting ever since the birth of the first baby through in-vitro fertilization (IVF)...