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Canada launches $1.7 billion initiative to recruit world-leading researchers

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Canada launches $1.7 billion initiative to recruit world-leading researchers

On Dec. 9, 2025, officials from the Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, and the Minister of Industry,…

Antibiotics from human use are contaminating rivers worldwide, study shows

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Antibiotics from human use are contaminating rivers worldwide, study shows

On May 9, 2025, a McGill University led team of researchers announced a study that shows an estimated…

Construction of the Biologics Manufacturing Centre in Montreal completed

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Construction of the Biologics Manufacturing Centre in Montreal completed

On Jun. 22, 2021, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) announced it had completed construction of the…

Government of Canada and provincial partners invested more than $109 mllion in COVID-19 research

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Government of Canada and provincial partners invested more than $109 mllion in COVID-19 research

On Jun. 25, 2020, the Government of Canada announced the results of that funding competition: an investment of…

Montreal-born Sidney Altman awarded share of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for their discovery of catalytic properties of RNA”

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Montreal-born Sidney Altman awarded share of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for their discovery of catalytic properties of RNA”

On Oct. 12, 1989, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Montreal-born Sidney Altman, and Thomas Cech,…