Ovarian cancer is the most serious of all gynecological cancers. Over 2500 Canadian women are diagnosed every year and every year 1,700 women succumb to this disease. Like many cancers, ovarian cancer involves the inexplicable runaway growth of blood vessels and cells. Finding a way to slow or stop that runaway growth is something that [...]

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For most of the brilliant young Canadians who enter the Sanofi-Aventis Biotalent Challenge (SABC), the lure is the chance to undertake significant research in a real laboratory. For 18-year-old Caitlin Martin Newnham, however, the motivation was much more personal. Caitlin was named the winner of this year’s SABC for Southwest Ontario for her project investigating [...]

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1st place: $3,000 cash prize and $1,500 entrance scholarship to The University of Western Ontario Caitlin Martin Newnham Project Title: The development of effective Capsaicin admixtures to reduce initial pain signals from TRPV1 ion channels using Hirudo medicinalis, a novel invertebrate model for pain research Grade 12 A.B. Lucas Secondary School, London, Ontario Mentor: Dr. [...]

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First Place: Student: Athir Zarir, Westminster Secondary School Project: Therapeutic Targeting of Cancer Cells with Copper: Role of Oxidant Stress and Herbal Medicines Mentor: Dr. Ed Lui, The University of Western Ontario Photo: Mike Bridgman, Sanofi Pasteur and Athir Zarir ________________________________________________________________ Second Place: Student: Pinky Langat and Chris Palmer, Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute Project: Analysis [...]

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Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge 2009 Check out these websites for unique project ideas! If you have any questions or would like to be paired with a particular researcher please email Allison Fisher or call 519-858-5059. Please do not contact researchers directly! Science Buddies: http://www.sciencebuddies.org SMARTS: http://www.ysf.ca/SMARTS/ McMaster University: Research Institutes & Departments: http://www.mcmaster.ca/research/ Faculty and their [...]

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Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge 2009 Check out these websites for unique project ideas! If you have any questions or would like to be paired with a particular researcher please email Allison Fisher or call 519-858-5059. Please do not contact researchers directly! Science Buddies: http://www.sciencebuddies.org SMARTS: http://www.ysf.ca/SMARTS/ University of Guelph: College of Biological Science: Department of Integrative [...]

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2006-2007 Southwest Region Winners: First Place: David Wang, A.B. Lucas Secondary School, Bioproduction of a Pleiotropic Regulatory Cytokine for Oral Administration Against Human Autoimmune Diseases Second Place: Haley Fallowfield, Huron Park Secondary School, Bacteriophages as Alternatives to Antibiotics in the Agriculture Industry Third Place: Rajesh Bhayana, A.B. Lucas Secondary School, Novel Probiotic Yogurt Supplemented with [...]

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Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge 2009 Check out these websites for unique project ideas! If you have any questions or would like to be paired with a particular researcher please email Allison Fisher or call 519-858-5059. Please do not contact researchers directly! Science Buddies: http://www.sciencebuddies.org SMARTS: http://www.ysf.ca/SMARTS/ Wilfred Laurier University: Faculty and their research (go to the [...]

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Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge 2009 Project Ideas Check out these websites for unique project ideas! If you have any questions or would like to be paired with a particular researcher please email Allison Fisher or call 519-858-5059. Please do not contact researchers directly! Interesting Research Being Conducted in the Community: http://www.lhsc.on.ca/About_Us/LHSC/Media_Room/Media_Releases/2009/July_09.htm http://www.uwo.ca/biology/ http://www.uwo.ca/sci/publications/news/greenbldg.html Science Buddies: http://www.sciencebuddies.org [...]

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First Place: David Wang, A.B. Lucas Secondary School Second Place: Haley Fallowfield, Huron Park Secondary School Third Place: Rajesh Bhayana, A.B. Lucas Secondary School Fourth Place: Nikhita Singh, A.B. Lucas Secondary School  

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