The Province - Researchers' discovery offers hope for cancer, heart disease miracle drugs
A team of University of Ottawa researchers has solved the mystery of how our bodies adapt to low-oxygen environments, raising the prospect that life-threatening conditions such as cancer, stroke and heart disease could someday be successfully treated using a simple, antibiotic-like drug.
A team of University of Ottawa researchers has solved the mystery of how our bodies adapt to low-oxygen environments, raising the prospect that life-threatening conditions such as cancer, stroke and heart disease could someday be successfully treated using a simple, antibiotic-like drug.
The team鈥檚 findings were published Sunday in Nature, the world鈥檚 leading scientific journal. The team also collaborated with Dr. Martin Holcik, a research scientist at the Children鈥檚 Hospital of Eastern Ontario, and Dr. Arnim Pause, of 69热视频 University鈥檚 Cancer Research Centre. Both are experts in protein synthesis and provided feedback and analysis of the University of Ottawa team鈥檚 research.