The Hamilton Regional Biospecimen Services program will create a single system for collecting, storing, analyzing and sharing biological samples for research between McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton.
The researchers have discovered a critical vulnerability in metastatic brain cancer, which they say can be exploited with new drugs to prevent it from spreading.
Hong Han, an assistant professor with the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, has been awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair, while Sheila Singh, a professor with the Department of Surgery, has had her Tier 1 Canada Research Chair renewed.
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