January, 2021 • Troy Media Digital Solutions

FDA approves new cardiovascular drug based on study at U of A

Reading Time: 2 minutes Vericiguat, which was shown to reduce risk of cardiovascular death and heart failure, passes final regulatory hurdle in the United States

Australia’s energy jobs rise while Canada’s stall

Reading Time: 4 minutes The sheer scale of investment in the natural gas industry in Australia has yielded substantial economic benefits

Time for a rational approach to environmental issues

Reading Time: 4 minutes Fortunately, some writers and thinkers still believe in healthy debate and intellectual discourse on the environment. One of them is Peter Foster

Eating human food could mean trouble for urban coyotes, study shows

Reading Time: 2 minutes New U of A research illustrates link between anthropogenic diet, human-like gut bacteria and poor health

Below-normal temperatures lead to soaring spot LNG prices

Reading Time: 4 minutes But opposition to resource development from environmental organizations and First Nations means Canada being left out in the cold

Collaboration key to solving medicine’s thorniest problems

Pharmacy researcher Khaled Barakat's research involves creating computer models to help develop potential new treatments for everything from hepatitis C and cancer to COVID-19. Barakat says the lessons he learned in his two years as a post-doctoral researcher in Michael Houghton's lab have served him well as he heads his own research group at the U of A. (Photo: Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Reading Time: 5 minutes For Khaled Barakat, a focus on teamwork and patient needs has led to breakthroughs in the search for cancer therapies, antivirals and safer drugs

Discovery could lead to more precise way to treat Parkinson’s disease

Reading Time: 4 minutes Potential biomarker found that could help with optimal electrode placement in deep brain stimulation surgery

Do reptiles and amphibians actually hibernate during winter?

Reading Time: 4 minutes They use aquatic and subterranean habitats but they don’t actually hibernate – instead, they go through brumation

Alberta’s forest industries focus of new U of A research chair

$4-million endowed chair will focus on improving growth and yield of forests, informing industry management plans and educating the next generation of forestry professionals

Reading Time: 3 minutes $4-million endowed chair will focus on improving growth and yield of forests, informing industry management plans and educating the next generation of forestry professionals

What the Biden administration means for Canada

Image by Tibor Janosi Mozes from Pixabay

Reading Time: 3 minutes Increased U.S. government spending will put upward pressure on U.S. and Canadian interest rates

Month: January 2021