Biotechnology Focus Podcast

Ahead on Biotechnology Focus radio are some of the stories from universities across the country and their innovative research this week. The University of British Columbia presents research that Alzheimer’s might be a whole-body problem. The University of Guelph identifies key protein in cancer metastasis. A University of Toronto scientist will be conducting a real-time study of astronauts while on mission. And, Western University’s National Centre for Audiology will be testing a device that may lay the foundation for hearing in the future. Welcome to another episode of Biotechnology Focus radio. I am your host, Michelle Currie, here to give you a run-down of the top stories of Canada’s biotech scene.  Our first story this week takes us to British Columbia, where recent studies are showing that Alzheimer’s might be linked to more than just deteriorating brain matter and plaque. It could be a whole-body phenomenon. The findings that were published in Molecular Psychiatry offer hope that future drug therapies m