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Controversial stem cell therapy refused clinical trials in Italy
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Italy's minister of health has announced that the Italian government will not permit human clinical trials of a controversial stem cell therapy. The Stamina Foundation, a Turin-based non-profit founded by Davide Vannoni, has been...
UMFA president’s open letter to students at the University of Manitoba
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The University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) has been negotiating with the administration since mid-June. The issues that remain on the table are the ones that will determine the culture and the mission of...
Missing and murdered Aboriginal women remembered
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Relatives and supporters gathered outside the Manitoba Legislative Building last Friday to remember missing and murdered Aboriginal women, and to call on the federal government to formulate a national action plan to address the...
Premiers may boycott Conservative national job training plan
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This past week, premiers issued a strong rebuke to the Harper Conservatives’ plan to overhaul the country’s job and skills training framework. The Conservatives want to replace the existing federal-provincial framework with their newly proposed...
Floating away
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It’s getting harder to fill a balloon these days. That’s because we’re in the midst of a helium shortage as the U.S. prepares to shut down a major storage facility near Amarillo, Texas.
Although its...
A day in the life
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Welcome back, dear readers! Last time, we finished Day 1 of the Western blot. This issue, we’ll get into Day 2, which will complete the experiment.
After we retrieve our membrane from incubation with the...
Speaking up for mental illness
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Join your fellow students throughout the week in a challenge to Stomp Out Stigma. The University of Manitoba is taking part in Mental Illness Awareness Week, a national project coordinated by the Canadian Alliance...
