Canadian science pioneers' role in the Human Genome Project shows why it's crucial to fund research – Winnipeg Free Press
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On DNA Day, Canada should be inspired by the lifesaving discoveries of its researchers. However, lack of funding threatens Canadian researchers’ ability to meet the challenges of the future.
FINDING miniature lifeboats led to guided tour of the real thing for a Dunbar Primary School pupil.
A team of nearly 100 scientists from the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium has for the first time unveiled the complete human genome.
Eric Lander Illustration: Alex Hogan/STAT; Photo: AP WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s presence at meetings of the Obama administration’s scientific advisory council sometimes tested his staff’s patience. It wasn’t that the vice president was unwelcome, of course. It was that Biden’s tendency to linger long after the meetings ended invariably caused scheduling hiccups. From his seat across the table from Eric Lander, then the council’s co-chair, Biden would pepper the group with questions about cancer research, climate change, and everything in between. On several occas...