Green Tea may help fight Lou Gherig’s disease
Lou Gherig’s disease, formally known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), is perhaps the best known in a family of neuromuscular diseases that affect around 3,000 Canadians a year.
It is generally fatal. But, like many medical mysteries, researchers are progressing towards eventual treatment and cure. [...]

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Discovery of herbal remedies’ effect on cancer wins Nova Scotia high school students first place in annual science competition
Top Regional Winners to Compete in National Final, Ottawa, May 6
Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 24, 2008 –Two grade 12 students from Citadel High School in Halifax took home top honours in the Nova Scotia Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge [...]

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An inspiring teacher who died from ovarian cancer prompted Victoria Bentley to see if she could use her scientific knowledge to find a new treatment for the disease which is the fifth-highest cause of cancer deaths in Canada.
Knowing that ovarian cancer grows in response to the hormone estrogen just like breast cancer she wondered if [...]

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