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Fooling mother nature: Robert Garvin, vice-president and research chief of Cangene, a Mississauga biotechnology film, stands before a DNA synthesizer machine being used to help delve into the mysterious world of genetic engineering
Fooling mother nature: Robert Garvin, vice-president and research chief of Cangene, a Mississauga biotechnology film, stands before a DNA synthesizer machine being used to help delve into the mysterious world of genetic engineering

Fooling mother nature: Robert Garvin, vice-president and research chief of Cangene, a Mississauga biotechnology film, stands before a DNA synthesizer machine being used to help delve into the mysterious world of genetic engineering

Date5/22/1985
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Fooling mother nature: Robert Garvin, vice-president and research chief of Cangene, a Mississauga biotechnology firm, stands before a DNA synthesizer machine being used to help delve into the mysterious world of genetic engineering
Fooling mother nature: Robert Garvin, vice-president and research chief of Cangene, a Mississauga biotechnology firm, stands before a DNA synthesizer machine being used to help delve into the mysterious world of genetic engineering
5/17/1985
Engineering genetics: Dr. Bernard Glick separates DNA molecules at Bio Logical laboratory on York University campus in North york. But his cloning machine doesn't produce look-alikes.
Engineering genetics: Dr. Bernard Glick separates DNA molecules at Bio Logical laboratory on York University campus in North york. But his cloning machine doesn't produce look-alikes.
8/13/1981
Victor Ling is world- renowned for his work in cancer research. Last year he received both the Dr. Josef Steiner Prize in Europe and the General Motors Kettering Prize - recognized as the top international award for cancer research - at a June dinner in Washington, D.C. Ling helped discover how cancer cells resist the effects of tumor-destroying drugs by using a tiny protein. The protein ejects drugs from the cell before they have time to act. Ling spent years refining and confirming the discovery, which has sparked a search for the right decoy drug capable of fooling the protein and allowing cancer-fighting drugs to slip in for the kill.
Victor Ling is world- renowned for his work in cancer research. Last year he received both the Dr. Josef Steiner Prize in Europe and the General Motors Kettering Prize - recognized as the top international award for cancer research - at a June dinner in Washington, D.C. Ling helped discover how cancer cells resist the effects of tumor-destroying drugs by using a tiny protein. The protein ejects drugs from the cell before they have time to act. Ling spent years refining and confirming the discovery, which has sparked a search for the right decoy drug capable of fooling the protein and allowing cancer-fighting drugs to slip in for the kill.
8/2/1991
Researcher at work: Dr. Alan Bernstein, described as best cell biologist in country, works in lab at the new Mount Sinai Research Institute, the first major research centre to be founded in Canada in years. Director is Dr. Louis Siminovitch, former chief of genetics at Hospital for Sick Children.
Researcher at work: Dr. Alan Bernstein, described as best cell biologist in country, works in lab at the new Mount Sinai Research Institute, the first major research centre to be founded in Canada in years. Director is Dr. Louis Siminovitch, former chief of genetics at Hospital for Sick Children.
8/7/1985
Factory skilled: Peter Delve, who owns Future Industries in Scarborough, programs a high-tech machine that will keep his plant operating all night while he goes home to relax.
Factory skilled: Peter Delve, who owns Future Industries in Scarborough, programs a high-tech machine that will keep his plant operating all night while he goes home to relax.
7/27/1987
Jonas Salk: Nature applied genetic brake
Jonas Salk: Nature applied genetic brake
5/4/1976
A $139,800 grant from the Atkinson Charitable Foundation will expand research into scoliosis, a hereditary, genetic disease that causes the spine to c(...)
A $139,800 grant from the Atkinson Charitable Foundation will expand research into scoliosis, a hereditary, genetic disease that causes the spine to c(...)
4/6/1976
A $139,800 Grant from The Atkinson Charitable Foundation will expand research into scoliosis, a hereditary, genetic disease that causes the spine to c(...)
A $139,800 Grant from The Atkinson Charitable Foundation will expand research into scoliosis, a hereditary, genetic disease that causes the spine to c(...)
6/8/1975
A $139,800 Grant from the Atkinson Charitable Foundation will expand research into scoliosis, a hereditary, genetic disease that causes the spine to c(...)
A $139,800 Grant from the Atkinson Charitable Foundation will expand research into scoliosis, a hereditary, genetic disease that causes the spine to c(...)
6/19/1976
Hot new idea: Rock Cameron, manager of engineering at Christie Brown and Co. Ltd., stands on the solar-panelled roof of the company's Lakeshore Blvd. plant, where the solar heating system is expected to save $4,000 a year on heating costs.
Hot new idea: Rock Cameron, manager of engineering at Christie Brown and Co. Ltd., stands on the solar-panelled roof of the company's Lakeshore Blvd. plant, where the solar heating system is expected to save $4,000 a year on heating costs.
8/1/1982
Mr. Vitamin E, as Bill Gutterson is called, stands in the Rexdale office of Webber Pharmaceuticals Ltd., which has increased sales by 40 per cent over last year. There's been a great revival in vitamin E. It's being used for everything from heart trouble to pollution ailments.
Mr. Vitamin E, as Bill Gutterson is called, stands in the Rexdale office of Webber Pharmaceuticals Ltd., which has increased sales by 40 per cent over last year. There's been a great revival in vitamin E. It's being used for everything from heart trouble to pollution ailments.
10/1/1971
In one End . . . David Bain, 2, pauses a moment before he enters this mysterious tunnel. Mothers taking program learn how to make such simple playthings for their children and neighborhood tots
In one End . . . David Bain, 2, pauses a moment before he enters this mysterious tunnel. Mothers taking program learn how to make such simple playthings for their children and neighborhood tots
11/6/1974