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Saskatchewan Solution: Tech Firm Rolls out Nation Wide

Saskatoon, SK - A lack of business succession planning is a leading contributor to poor business retention within the overall framework of community and economic development.  On average, a business transition in Canada takes between two and seven years.  Many business owners either have no plan or fail to consider the time involved, resulting in forced asset sales for pennies on the…

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VIDO-InterVac helping to fight Zika Virus

The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S)—the first place in the world to develop a swine model for the study of Zika virus infection—has secured $700,000 for research using the new animal model to investigate how the virus causes disease and to test new drugs and vaccines for prevention.…

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Changing the Scope of Plant Research in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan researchers now have access to new technology that has the potential to change the province’s landscape when it comes to plant research. Today, researchers unveiled the PhytoPET, a new real-time imaging detector used to study plants under different conditions. It works like a computerized tomography (CT) scan, allowing researchers to delve deeper into how plants respond to a…

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