Will You Catch the Flu? The Answer Could Be in Your Blood

During last winter's severe flu season, you may have found yourself worrying about whether you'd catch the notorious virus. But what if there was a way to predict whether you'd get...
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In the fight against coronavirus, antivirals are as important as a vaccine. Here’s where the science is up to

While many scientists are working on developing a coronavirus vaccine, others are busy testing antiviral drugs. Vaccines are generally only effective when administered prior to infection, but antiviral agents are...
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The road to COVID-19 testing: The role of a Canadian biotech pioneer

Canadians are updated daily on the multi-faceted devastation caused by SARS-CoV-2 and on the results of COVID-19 testing from across the country. Few people may be aware that these tests...
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Combating COVID-19 with Cell-Free Expression

Imagine the ability to rewire, reshape, and use parts of a living system to build something new. It is not science fiction, nor is it Frankenstein’s monster. It is synthetic...
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The Paternity Reveal

For most of history, one essential, immutable difference between men and women was that men could hide the fact that they had created a child and women could not. Pregnancy...
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How a DNA Testing Kit Revealed a Family Secret Hidden for 54 Years

One evening in the winter of 2016, my husband mentioned that he was sending away for one of those commercial DNA-testing kits. He asked if I wanted him to order...
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DNA from Postage Stamps or Hair Samples? Yeeesssss…..

DNA profiles can now sometimes be extracted from a licked stamp, used razor or hair with the root attached (not just cut hair) and even other items. These kinds of...
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Breaking Down a Maxxam Forensic Report

A forensic report is the formal release of results for all the testing that has been performed on the items that were submitted in a case. If a case is...
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UNDERSTANDING FORENSIC DNA AND STATISTICS

While the DNAlab, a division of Maxxam Analytics International Corporation, is the leading paternity/immigration DNA testing facility in Canada, it is also home to the premiere Forensic DNA testing facility...
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