The Advanced Medical Research Institute of Canada (AMRIC) has received $645,000 to purchase new laboratory equipment.
The Sudbury-based facility is the research arm of Health Sciences North. It has been designed to explore and develop new treatments and therapies that target key health concerns in northeastern Ontario, including cancer, infectious and chronic diseases, and seniors’ health.
It’s also been tapped as an economic driver for the city, in the area of medical research, and has been attracting world-class researchers and scientists to work there.
Of the funding, the Greater Sudbury Development Corp. is contributing $245,000, the Health Sciences North Foundation is contributing $300,000, and the Northern Cancer Foundation is contributing $100,000.
Equipment being purchased will allow researchers to:observe changes in cancer cells after drug therapy to gauge effectiveness of drugs, including drugs derived from the northern boreal forest; analyze proteins and nucleic acids to determine how older adults respond to current and trial influenza vaccines; and analyze fluorescent proteins and compounds which researchers use to design improved methods for delivering vaccines and drugs.
