Tag: cancer

4th April 2012 Ottawa, Canada

From beer and bread to cancer research: using brewers yeast to unlock the secrets of cancer genetics

Alexandra Weirich, our SIN Intern, guest blogs about a recent UK researcher’s visit to the University of Ottawa:  Dr. John Diffley from the UK’s London Research Institute, travelled to Montreal and Ottawa last week to meet with scientists at the University of Ottawa and McGill and discuss their research findings. Dr. Diffley shared what he […]

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16th November 2010

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by Leigh Turner

Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna

Boosting Ukrainian healthcare

How does the life expectancy of the average Ukrainian compare with the world average – or that of any other country?  To find out, check out this brilliant World Bank web-site.  All you have to do is to click on “world” or on the country of your choice in the list on the left-hand side […]

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