Canada Foundation for Innovation
Latest Episodes
Gerry Wright: Keeping antibiotics ahead of infectious diseases
Gerry Wright talks about the problems with promiscuous bacteria and how antibiotics resistance could affect the future of medicine
Tefford Simpson: Sight for sore eyes - Researching the nerves of the cornea
Trefford Simpson’s research into the nerves of the human eye could lead to the development of more comfortable contact lenses
Michael Houghton: His 30-year quest to cure Hepatitis C
After discovering the Hepatitis C virus in 1989, Houghton is now closing in on a vaccine for the potentially fatal disease
Catherine Girard: Dealing with mercury in food
PhD student Catherine Girard studies the impact of mercury in country food in the North