Helping scientists do science better, one failure at a time

By: Brad Mackay     Dr. Jonathan Kimmelman Associate Professor, Biomedical Ethics Unit and Associate Member, Department of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University Most of us have probably heard the saying “Failure is life’s greatest teacher” at one point in our life, but few of us have taken this time-honoured maxim to heart […]

Pancreatic cancer loses viral defences when talking with supporting cells

Media release   Ottawa researchers have unlocked a way to make pancreatic cancer cells more vulnerable to cancer-killing viruses, known as oncolytic viruses. Outlined in a paper published today by Nature Medicine, the scientists have discovered how they can exploit the communication, or cross-talk, between pancreatic cancer and a specific cell type that supports the […]