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Indigenous health experts at the University of Toronto are running a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for Toronto’s Indigenous communities – part of an effort to marry public health measures with culturally appropriate care.
The pop-up clinics on campus began in early April and runs once a week throughout May. The effort will continue until the community is vaccinated.
Rather than the anonymity of a mass vaccination effort, the focus is on a personalized experience without time restraints that is in keeping with traditional values, says clinic co-founder
Suzanne Stewart, director of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health’s Waakebiness-Bryce Institute of Indigenous Health.
Posted: May 07, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 7
The Canada-U.S. Douglas-Peace Arch border crossing in Surrey, B.C., on April 24, 2019. While the federal Liberals and Conservatives were evasive about whether Canadians abroad who have access to a COVID-19 vaccine should get a shot, other federal leaders and health experts are encouraging such action. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
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IMAGE: Senior author and Princess Margaret Scientist Dr. Marianne Koritzinsky s research reveals the potential of targeted therapies to exploit unique metabolic features of pancreatic cancer cells. view more
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(Toronto, Friday, May 7, 2021) Probing the unique biology of human pancreatic cancer cells in a laboratory has yielded unexpected insights of a weakness that can be used against the cells to kill them.
Led by Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (PM) Scientist Dr. Marianne Koritzinsky, researchers showed that about half of patient-derived pancreatic cancer cell lines are highly dependent or addicted to the protein peroxiredoxin 4 (PRDX4), as a result of the altered metabolic state of the cancer cell.