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![Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 19-Dec-2014 Canada Funds 23 Bold New Ideas for Global Health Ultra high-speed gaming laptops and a sensor that lets computer gamers battle foes in the virtual […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/gcc-dec-115x115.jpg "Think Outside the Xbox: Gaming Technologies + 3D Printing Leveraged to Help Amputees")
Think Outside the Xbox: Gaming Technologies + 3D Printing Leveraged to Help Amputees
Posted on December 19, 2014 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 19-Dec-2014 Canada Funds 23 Bold New Ideas for Global Health Ultra high-speed gaming laptops and a sensor that lets computer gamers battle foes in the virtual […] -
![Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 22-Sep-2014 On the eve of United Nations General Assembly events focussed on ways to save and improve the lives of mothers, newborns and children, Grand Challenges […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Combining-Mobile-Phones-with-3-D-Printed-Microscope-Adapters-to-Diagnose-Infectious-Diseases-115x115.jpg "Canada funds 22 innovative projects to help save ‘Every Woman, Every Child’")
Canada funds 22 innovative projects to help save ‘Every Woman, Every Child’
Posted on September 22, 2014 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 22-Sep-2014 On the eve of United Nations General Assembly events focussed on ways to save and improve the lives of mothers, newborns and children, Grand Challenges […] -
![Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 22 May 2014 New investments top $12 million: 4 scale-up projects plus 61 seed grants announced as Canada prepares to host world summit on maternal, newborn […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/14237249481_9ebf000c59_m-115x115.jpg "Canada funds 65 innovative health projects to help save every woman, every child")
Canada funds 65 innovative health projects to help save every woman, every child
Posted on May 22, 2014 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 22 May 2014 New investments top $12 million: 4 scale-up projects plus 61 seed grants announced as Canada prepares to host world summit on maternal, newborn […] -
![Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 9-Mar-2014 Scale-up of LGTmedical’s Phone Oximeter™ capitalized with $2 million Canadian private-public investment; device could save lives of women and children in low-resource countries Private and […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/The-Phone-Oximeter-phone-and-sensor-115x115.jpg "Smartphone app reads blood oxygen levels to hospital standards")
Smartphone app reads blood oxygen levels to hospital standards
Posted on March 9, 2014 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 9-Mar-2014 Scale-up of LGTmedical’s Phone Oximeter™ capitalized with $2 million Canadian private-public investment; device could save lives of women and children in low-resource countries Private and […] -
![Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto January 10, 2014 In Bhutan: Clinical tests of new app for diagnosing seizure disorders; $300 device could vastly increase epilepsy treatment — estimated 65 million cases […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1-EEG-Smartphone-device-Photo-Credit-Arek-Stopczynski-115x115.jpg "Mobile phones, apps toss lifeline to sufferers of brain & mental disorders in remote world corners")
Mobile phones, apps toss lifeline to sufferers of brain & mental disorders in remote world corners
Posted on January 10, 2014 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto January 10, 2014 In Bhutan: Clinical tests of new app for diagnosing seizure disorders; $300 device could vastly increase epilepsy treatment — estimated 65 million cases […] -
![Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 23 October 2013 4 projects nominated for grants up to $2 million; 10 projects awarded $270,000 Grand Challenges Canada, funded by the Government of Canada, today […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/baby-gcc-115x115.jpg "‘Saving Brains’ of kids in developing countries: Grand Challenges Canada funds 14 bold new ideas")
‘Saving Brains’ of kids in developing countries: Grand Challenges Canada funds 14 bold new ideas
Posted on October 23, 2013 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 23 October 2013 4 projects nominated for grants up to $2 million; 10 projects awarded $270,000 Grand Challenges Canada, funded by the Government of Canada, today […] -
![Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto Saving Lives at Birth 31 July 2013 Some 22 projects from nine countries: Australia, Canada, Guatemala, Italy, Senegal, Spain, Uganda, UK and the USA won grants […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tea1-115x115.jpg "Major awards announced for innovative solutions to prevent infant/maternal deaths")
Major awards announced for innovative solutions to prevent infant/maternal deaths
Posted on July 31, 2013 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto Saving Lives at Birth 31 July 2013 Some 22 projects from nine countries: Australia, Canada, Guatemala, Italy, Senegal, Spain, Uganda, UK and the USA won grants […] -
![Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 16-Dec-2011 Grand Challenges Canada and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation invest almost $32 million in the discovery and development of new and improved diagnostics at […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/starfleet_tricorder-115x115.jpg "Historic ‘Grand Challenge’ launched: Create low-cost devices for rapid disease diagnosis")
Historic ‘Grand Challenge’ launched: Create low-cost devices for rapid disease diagnosis
Posted on December 16, 2011 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 16-Dec-2011 Grand Challenges Canada and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation invest almost $32 million in the discovery and development of new and improved diagnostics at […] -
![Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 7-Nov-2011 A new hand-held device called the Electronic Nose, which has the potential to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) in symptomatic patients, was awarded a $950,000 grant from […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/singer1-115x115.jpg "Creating an ‘electronic nose’ to sniff out tuberculosis from a patient’s breath")
Creating an ‘electronic nose’ to sniff out tuberculosis from a patient’s breath
Posted on November 7, 2011 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 7-Nov-2011 A new hand-held device called the Electronic Nose, which has the potential to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) in symptomatic patients, was awarded a $950,000 grant from […] -
![Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 13 Jul 11 Tanzanian researchers are awarded a two-year grant to further develop a device that uses human foot odor to lure disease-spreading mosquitos into a trap. The odor (both […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Fredros-115x115.jpg "Smelly socks could be a key to preventing malaria deaths in the developing world")
Smelly socks could be a key to preventing malaria deaths in the developing world
Posted on July 13, 2011 | No CommentsGrand Challenges Canada, Toronto 13 Jul 11 Tanzanian researchers are awarded a two-year grant to further develop a device that uses human foot odor to lure disease-spreading mosquitos into a trap. The odor (both […] -
![McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 14 September 2010 The lure of greater profits elsewhere in the world may divert bio-pharmaceutical firms in developing countries from the creation and distribution of […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/global-health-115x115.jpg "Global health vs. global wealth: Looming choice for health firms in developing countries")
Global health vs. global wealth: Looming choice for health firms in developing countries
Posted on September 14, 2010 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 14 September 2010 The lure of greater profits elsewhere in the world may divert bio-pharmaceutical firms in developing countries from the creation and distribution of […] -
![McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health Apr 20, 2010 55th anniversary of first polio vaccine Failure to pursue eradication of polio worldwide given the capacity and opportunity to do so is […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/polio13-115x115.jpg "Finishing the job of polio eradication worldwide is an ethical obligation: Experts")
Finishing the job of polio eradication worldwide is an ethical obligation: Experts
Posted on April 20, 2010 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health Apr 20, 2010 55th anniversary of first polio vaccine Failure to pursue eradication of polio worldwide given the capacity and opportunity to do so is […] -
![McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health University Health Network / University of Toronto 8-Jan-2010 Chinese researchers have become the world’s fifth most prolific contributors to peer-reviewed scientific literature on clock-reversing regenerative […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/D0310ST1-115x115.jpg "China a rising star in regenerative medicine despite world skepticism of stem cell therapies")
China a rising star in regenerative medicine despite world skepticism of stem cell therapies
Posted on January 26, 2010 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health University Health Network / University of Toronto 8-Jan-2010 Chinese researchers have become the world’s fifth most prolific contributors to peer-reviewed scientific literature on clock-reversing regenerative […] -
![Joint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto 23 Sep 2009 The anticipated onset of a second wave of the H1N1 influenza pandemic could present a host of thorny medical ethics issues best […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/h1n1-115x115.jpg "Medical ethics experts identify, address key issues in H1N1 pandemic")
Medical ethics experts identify, address key issues in H1N1 pandemic
Posted on September 23, 2009 | No CommentsJoint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto 23 Sep 2009 The anticipated onset of a second wave of the H1N1 influenza pandemic could present a host of thorny medical ethics issues best […] -
![McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health University of Toronto / University Health Network 7-Dec-2008 Canadian researchers have identified protein biomarkers that shed new light on the development of two severe and […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/malaria-115x115.jpg "Biomarkers in blood could aid diagnosis of crippling, often fatal forms of malaria")
Biomarkers in blood could aid diagnosis of crippling, often fatal forms of malaria
Posted on December 16, 2008 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health University of Toronto / University Health Network 7-Dec-2008 Canadian researchers have identified protein biomarkers that shed new light on the development of two severe and […] -
![McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health University of Toronto / University Health Network 20-Apr-2008 British entrepreneur, 25, created world’s top soccer Web site; now teams with leading global health professors to […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/resizedimage430215-tom_hadfield-115x115.jpg "International health experts to enlist the public in war on African malaria")
International health experts to enlist the public in war on African malaria
Posted on May 17, 2008 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health University of Toronto / University Health Network 20-Apr-2008 British entrepreneur, 25, created world’s top soccer Web site; now teams with leading global health professors to […] -
![McLaughlin Rotman Centre for Global Health University of Toronto / University Health Network 7-Jan-2008 Government funds innovation but venture capital needed; Wary investors ‘need to be shown the exits’; Returning […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/asia20biotech-115x115.jpg "China’s Health Biotech Industry: An Asian Dragon is Growing")
China’s Health Biotech Industry: An Asian Dragon is Growing
Posted on January 9, 2008 | No CommentsMcLaughlin Rotman Centre for Global Health University of Toronto / University Health Network 7-Jan-2008 Government funds innovation but venture capital needed; Wary investors ‘need to be shown the exits’; Returning […] -
![McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health Toronto 21-Nov-2007 20 ‘Grand Challenges’ in chronic non-communicable diseases, 1st agreed roadmap to reduce rising toll of slow killer illnesses Several of the world’s most […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/435030-115x115.jpg "Curbing world’s most fatal diseases: consensus created by health experts offers global prescription")
Curbing world’s most fatal diseases: consensus created by health experts offers global prescription
Posted on November 27, 2007 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health Toronto 21-Nov-2007 20 ‘Grand Challenges’ in chronic non-communicable diseases, 1st agreed roadmap to reduce rising toll of slow killer illnesses Several of the world’s most […] -
![McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, Toronto 10 Sep 07 The first comprehensive examination of the ethical, social and cultural (ESC) challenges faced by major science programs in developing countries has […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/3dcec4a51eb01ddf78033b5e4016-115x115.jpg "Pioneering study catalogs ethical issues of scientific research in developing world")
Pioneering study catalogs ethical issues of scientific research in developing world
Posted on September 27, 2007 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, Toronto 10 Sep 07 The first comprehensive examination of the ethical, social and cultural (ESC) challenges faced by major science programs in developing countries has […] -
![McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health / Program on Life Sciences, Ethics and Policy 9-Apr-2007 India’s health biotech firms are emerging as a major global player, with growing means and know-how […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/Clinical_research_01-115x115.jpg "India’s biotech industry emerging as world innovator, collaborator, competitor")
India’s biotech industry emerging as world innovator, collaborator, competitor
Posted on April 12, 2007 | No CommentsMcLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health / Program on Life Sciences, Ethics and Policy 9-Apr-2007 India’s health biotech firms are emerging as a major global player, with growing means and know-how […] -
![University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics 22-Jan-2007 Public health trumps individual human rights, medical ethics experts say Medical ethics and other experts say tough isolation measures, involuntary if need […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/Ross-Upshur-98x115.jpg "Experts urge strongest isolation for new drug-resistant tuberculosis cases appearing in South Africa")
Experts urge strongest isolation for new drug-resistant tuberculosis cases appearing in South Africa
Posted on January 22, 2007 | No CommentsUniversity of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics 22-Jan-2007 Public health trumps individual human rights, medical ethics experts say Medical ethics and other experts say tough isolation measures, involuntary if need […] -
![27 Nov 05 University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics Coping effectively with a predicted influenza pandemic that threatens to affect the health of millions worldwide, hobble economies and overwhelm […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/svinja_i_prasici-1-115x115.jpg "Ethics in a pandemic")
Ethics in a pandemic
Posted on November 27, 2005 | No Comments27 Nov 05 University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics Coping effectively with a predicted influenza pandemic that threatens to affect the health of millions worldwide, hobble economies and overwhelm […] -
![26 Jun 05 University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics The biggest issue in medical ethics today is the growing occurrence of conflict between health care providers, their patients and […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/06/ethical-issues_tcm7-102892-115x115.jpg "Conflicts pitting doctors vs. patients / kin is #1 issue in medical ethics")
Conflicts pitting doctors vs. patients / kin is #1 issue in medical ethics
Posted on June 26, 2005 | No Comments26 Jun 05 University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics The biggest issue in medical ethics today is the growing occurrence of conflict between health care providers, their patients and […] -
![11 Apr 05 University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics In a new study by researchers at the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB), published in PLoS Medicine, […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/04/two-a1-115x115.jpg "Nanotechnology’s miniature answers to developing world’s biggest problems")
Nanotechnology’s miniature answers to developing world’s biggest problems
Posted on April 11, 2005 | No Comments11 Apr 05 University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics In a new study by researchers at the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB), published in PLoS Medicine, […] -
![Joint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto 6 January, 2005 Report urges end to monopoly of economists as development policy advisors Science and technology is so critically important to improving conditions in […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/scienece-115x115.jpg "Put science at center of decision-making on third world development, experts tell UN")
Put science at center of decision-making on third world development, experts tell UN
Posted on January 6, 2005 | No CommentsJoint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto 6 January, 2005 Report urges end to monopoly of economists as development policy advisors Science and technology is so critically important to improving conditions in […] -
![Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto 6 December, 2004 Cuba, South Korea, and India make and export their own biotech vaccines, Egypt manufactures recombinant insulin, and South Africa is […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Transforming-Health-CareLar-115x115.jpg "Cuba, South Africa, India, China, Brazil Among Developing Countries with Recipe for Thriving Health Biotechnology Industries, Saving Lives, Researchers Say in Three-Year, First-Ever Study")
Cuba, South Africa, India, China, Brazil Among Developing Countries with Recipe for Thriving Health Biotechnology Industries, Saving Lives, Researchers Say in Three-Year, First-Ever Study
Posted on December 6, 2004 | No CommentsJoint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto 6 December, 2004 Cuba, South Korea, and India make and export their own biotech vaccines, Egypt manufactures recombinant insulin, and South Africa is […] -
![07 Oct 04University of Toronto Joint Centre for BioethicsNew medical tools that quickly and accurately diagnose diseases like AIDS and malaria top a list of 10 biotech breakthroughs deemed most […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/10/Babies-008-115x115.jpg "Report: How 10 top new technologies will help world reach globally-agreed goals by 2015")
Report: How 10 top new technologies will help world reach globally-agreed goals by 2015
Posted on October 7, 2004 | No Comments07 Oct 04University of Toronto Joint Centre for BioethicsNew medical tools that quickly and accurately diagnose diseases like AIDS and malaria top a list of 10 biotech breakthroughs deemed most […]