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		<title>7th National Biotechnology Week</title>
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		<link>http://bioscienceeducation.ca/2010/07/12/7th-national-biotechnology-week/</link>
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		<title>7ième semaine nationale des biotechnologies</title>
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		<title>Bioscience Education Canada Newsletter Volume 1 Issue 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Volume 1 Issue 2 Welcome to the second newsletter of Bioscience Education Canada. Bioscience Education Canada (BEC) is a national non-­‐profit charitable organization with a mandate to improve the quality of bioscience education in Canadian schools and encourage more young Canadians to pursue studies and careers of Canada&#8217;s growing bioeconomy. Become an Associate of BEC [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bioscienceeducation.ca/2010/06/25/bioscience-education-canada-newsletter-volume-1-issue-2/</link>
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		<title>Bioscience Education Canada appoints Program Director</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Board of Directors of the Bioscience Education Canada (BEC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Tony Legault as Program Director, effective June 21, 2010. Mr. Legault has worked at BEC as the program coordinator for the Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge in the greater Toronto area since 2003. He served as chair of the 2nd [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bioscienceeducation.ca/2010/06/24/bioscience-education-canada-appoints-program-director-2/</link>
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		<title>BEC’s flagship program, the Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge, receives one of 12 honourable mention awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BEC’s flagship program, the Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge, received one of 12 honourable mention awards in the 2010 Global Best Awards for the Americas region, presented by The Conference Board of Canada in collaboration with the International Partnership Network. &#8220;The awards celebrate outstanding partnerships that have a significant impact on the communities in which they operate,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saskatchewan Science Prodigy, 14, Astonishes Canada’s Scientific Elite with Research on Crop-Killing Disease, Wins National Biotech Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[News Release &#8211; Contact: Mr. Terry Collins, +1-416-878-8712; +1-416-538-8712; terrycollins@rogers.com For release: 1 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, April 27, 2010 At 1 p.m. EDT, Tuesday April 27, Canada’s top student projects in biotechnology research will be announced at National Research Council headquarters, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa. Media are invited to attend the announcement in person or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bioscienceeducation.ca/2010/04/27/saskatchewan-science-prodigy-14-astonishes-canada%e2%80%99s-scientific-elite-with-research-on-crop-killing-disease-wins-national-biotech-competition/</link>
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		<title>Green tea extract offers new treatment for ovarian cancer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ovarian cancer is the most serious of all gynecological cancers. Over 2500 Canadian women are diagnosed every year and every year 1,700 women succumb to this disease. Like many cancers, ovarian cancer involves the inexplicable runaway growth of blood vessels and cells. Finding a way to slow or stop that runaway growth is something that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bioscienceeducation.ca/2010/04/22/green-tea-extract-offers-new-treatment-for-ovarian-cancer/</link>
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		<title>14-year-old looks to genetically fingerprint a lentil-killing fungus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At just 14, Rui Song has become a fixture on the winners’ list in the Saskatchewan regional SABC. While still at Greystone Heights Public School, she won the Junior Division twice – in 2008 and 2009 – and the streak continued this year, Rui’s Grade 9 year at Walter Murray Collegiate Institute. Her winning project [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bioscienceeducation.ca/2010/04/22/14-year-old-looks-to-genetically-fingerprint-a-lentil-killing-fungus/</link>
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		<title>Coffee extract offers new potential treatment for Alzheimer&#8217;s, Quebec teens show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coffee extract offers new potential treatment for Alzheimer&#8217;s, Quebec teens show The number of Canadians with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease may double to 1 million by 2025, according to predictions. That&#8217;s motivation enough for two science prodigies from Ste. Foy to test a new treatment based on a coffee extract called SIG 1012. One cause of Alzheimer&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bioscienceeducation.ca/2010/04/22/coffee-extract-offers-new-potential-treatment-for-alzheimers-quebec-teens-show/</link>
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		<title>Searching for medical uses of Arctic algae before they disappear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When most people think about the impact of climate change on Canada’s Arctic biodiversity they think about the plight of the polar bears. Adrian Howie thinks about the other end of the food chain – Arctic algae. His interest began with an investigation into the effect of increased carbon dioxide levels on microalgae, a project [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bioscienceeducation.ca/2010/04/22/searching-for-medical-uses-of-arctic-algae-before-they-disappear/</link>
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