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By: Colleen M. Flood and Bryan Thomas Published on Sun Mar 27 2016 Image Credit to: KRT GRAPHIC / HECTOR CASANOVA In 1928, a petri dish in Alexander Fleming’s lab was accidentally contaminated by a mould spore, leading to the discovery of penicillin and, in time, a revolution in medicine. Deadly infectious diseases like pneumonia, meningitis and tuberculosis could now be reliably treated. Everything from childbirth, to transplant surgery, to...

OTTAWA, July 28, 2015 — Researchers from the University of Ottawa and its affiliated research institutions have received over $36 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) in support of exciting research that could lead to better treatment options for cancer, diabetes and heart disease, as well as to a healthier health care system. The projects have been funded by the CIHR through that agency’s inaugural Foundation grants,...