Innovation and Its Enemies: How the history of margarine and tractors can inform policy making
Harvard Kennedy School / Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge MA 6 July 2016 Why important innovations stall; […]
Biotechnology
Investing ~3.5% GDP in science, technology, innovation: benchmark for sustainable development
UNSG’s Scientific Advisory Board Paris 9 July 2015 UN Secretary-General’s Scientific Advisory Board calls for advisor, not observer seat for science
New swab reveals infection causing severe diarrhea of 1 in 3 babies in African hospitals
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 25 May 2015 Innovative ‘flocked swab’ improves diagnosis, treatment of deadly childhood diarrheal diseases; results could
Canada funds 22 innovative projects to help save ‘Every Woman, Every Child’
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 22-Sep-2014 On the eve of United Nations General Assembly events focussed on ways to save and
Harvard expert: “Agricultural innovation offers only path to feed Africa and the world”
Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge MA 3-Jun-2013 The world can only meet its future
Student, 16, progresses experimental way to kill cancer with gold nano ‘bullets,’ marvels experts
Bioscience Education Canada 9-Apr-2013 Raising scientists: Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada celebrates 20 years of inspiring biotechnology studies and careers Cutting
High school students mentored in top Canadian labs explore out-of-box ideas; Many find career-shaping passion for science in microscope
Bioscience Education Canada, Toronto 20-Feb-2013 Unexpected prizes from a high school biotech science competition, mentored by some of Canada’s top
Study details essential role of trust in agricultural biotech partnerships
Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, Toronto 1 Nov 2012 Researchers identify building blocks of trust: Honesty, transparency, capability, accountability,
Canadian girl, 16, invents disease-fighting, anti-aging compound using tree particles
Bioscience Education Canada, Toronto 8-May-2012 Powerful anti-oxidant discovered in tree pulp; Grade 12 researcher wins top honors at national biotech
Abdallah Daar, Biotechnology, Global Health, Global health innovation, Grand Challenges Canada, Health in Developing Countries, McLaughlin-Rotman Center for Global Health, Peter A. Singer
Historic ‘Grand Challenge’ launched: Create low-cost devices for rapid disease diagnosis
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 16-Dec-2011 Grand Challenges Canada and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation invest almost $32 million in
Creating an ‘electronic nose’ to sniff out tuberculosis from a patient’s breath
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 7-Nov-2011 A new hand-held device called the Electronic Nose, which has the potential to diagnose tuberculosis
Unlisted ingredients in teas and herbal brews revealed in DNA tests by high school students
Rockefeller University, New York 20 Jul 11 Take a second look at your iced or steaming tea. Guided by scientific
Smelly socks could be a key to preventing malaria deaths in the developing world
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 13 Jul 11 Tanzanian researchers are awarded a two-year grant to further develop a device that uses human foot
Teeming with life, Pacific’s California current likened to Africa’s Serengeti Plain
Census of Marine Life, Washington DC / Tagging of Pacific Palagics project, Pacific Grove, CA 22 June 2011 Decade of electronic
Student, 16, invents new drug cocktail to fight cystic fibrosis, wins Canadian biotech competition
BioTalent Canada, Ottawa 10 May, 2011 While many 16-year-olds are content with PlayStation, Toronto-area student Marshall Zhang used the Canadian
Studies detail triumphs, troubles of African innovators creating products for local health needs
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 12 December 2010 Africans strengthen ability to meet health needs in sub-Sahara with homegrown science
Global health vs. global wealth: Looming choice for health firms in developing countries
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 14 September 2010 The lure of greater profits elsewhere in the world may divert bio-pharmaceutical
Cheaper drugs, vaccines forecast as collaborations grow between developing countries’ biotech firms
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 10 May 2010 ‘South-South’ biotech collaborations boost health, economies: Study The availability of more affordable
Student sleuths exploring with DNA barcodes reveal zoo of 95 species in typical NYC homes – find a mystery cockroach and new evidence of food fraud
Rockefeller University New York City 28-Dec-2009 Two New York City high school students exploring their homes using the latest high-tech
DNA barcodes: Creative new uses span health, fraud, smuggling, history, more
Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL), Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 6-Nov-2009 The scientific ability to quickly and accurately identify
Tap wealth of local products emerging to fight ‘neglected’ diseases of poor: study
McLaughlin-Rotman Center for Global Health 3 Nov 2009 Experts propose ‘Global Health Accellerator’ to help new drugs, diagnostics, vaccines reach
Health biotech firms with developing country partners better postitioned to innovate, prosper
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 9 Sep 2009 Lower manufacturing, clinical trial, R&D costs of developing country partners equal major