basic research

5 min read 2023-04-20 23:31:14

The Elon Musk Mind Virus: Spreading Easily Debunked Misinformation That Confirms His Own Biases

Elon Musk has been on a tear of late, attacking the “mainstream media” at every turn. It’s true that this started about five years ago, when

5 min read 2022-11-17 14:30:00

Written by Luisa Antunes. Antimicrobial-resistant infections are predicted to become the second biggest cause of death worldwide by 2050. Despite

7 min read 2022-06-16 20:57:08

As the first AACR Annual Meeting held in person after the pandemic was coming to a close, the last plenary session provided a summary of some of the

5 min read 2022-04-12 18:00:00

As noted back in our budget commentary, the Government of Canada seems to have abandoned the idea of a Canadian Advanced Research Projects Agency

1 min read 2021-11-23 01:26:28

For more than a decade, CIRM has funded a number of educational and research training programs to give students the opportunity to explore stem cell

1 min read 2021-11-13 03:19:25

THIS BLOG IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO CAST State flag of California 2020 was, by any standards, a pretty wacky year. Pandemic. Political

1 min read 2021-11-09 00:19:54

Image courtesy Epilepsy.com THIS BLOG IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO CAST A new therapeutic approach, supported by CIRM, that blocks the signals in

1 min read 2021-11-04 00:10:18

THIS BLOG IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO CAST The more you learn about COVID-19 the more there is to dislike about it. The global death toll from the

1 min read 2021-11-02 00:00:43

THIS BLOG IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO CAST Coronavirus particles, illustration. When the COVID pandemic broke out researchers all over the world

1 min read 2021-10-30 02:55:41

THIS BLOG IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO CAST About one third of stroke survivors experience vision loss. It can be a devastating side effect as most

1 min read 2021-10-28 03:00:50

THIS BLOG CAN ALSO BE LISTENED TO AS AN AUDIO CAST For many men, losing their hair is not just something that happens with age, it’s traumatic. A

1 min read 2021-10-26 01:03:14

THIS BLOG IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO CAST MRI section of a brain affected by ALS with the front section of the brain highlighted Amyotrophic

1 min read 2021-10-13 23:29:23

THIS BLOD IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIOCAST ON SPOTIFY The second Wednesday in October is celebrated as Stem Cell Awareness Day. It’s an event

1 min read 2021-09-22 23:14:59

THIS BLOG IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIOCAST ON SPOTIFY Broken bones People say that with age comes wisdom, kindness and confidence. What they usually

1 min read 2021-09-15 23:47:51

THIS BLOG IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIOCAST ON SPOTIFY Image of lung cancer When we think of lung cancer we typically tend to think it’s the end