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Students spin old clothes into synthetic spider silk — and gold
U of A undergrads from four faculties work together to win medal at the worldwide iGEM competition in Paris.
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Game, STEM, match
Biomedical engineering student and tennis team captain Emma Rutherford is a disciplined leader on the court and in the lab.
Researchers devise a quicker, more efficient way to make life-saving molecules
Improved method for creating nucleoside analogues opens the door to discovering countless treatments for everything from cancer to viral diseases.
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Michael Houghton Awarded 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
University of Alberta virologist awarded Nobel Prize
Michael Houghton wins Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of the hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
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08 October 2020
By Gillian Rutherford
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COVID-19 has ‘created a new paradigm for developing vaccines,’ says U of A Nobel winner
08 October 2020
By Michael Brown