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• Ballard Power Systems Announces Purchase of B.C.'s First Fleet of Hydrogen-Powered Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles
  -- Global fuel cell pioneer celebrates 40th birthday through expected purchase of Toyota Mirai FCEVs by Ballard employees -- Hydrogen movement continues to gain momentum in British Columbia and ... […]
• Cambridge fuel cell technology helped power Apollo Moon landing
  Fuel cell technology conceived at Marshall in Cambridge was developed to help power the Apollo 11 Moon landing – the 50th anniversary of which is celebrated this week. Tom Bacon, who worked on the ... […]
• Sudbury doctor ordered to stop offering stem cell therapy
  A doctor in Sudbury is struggling with a recent ruling from Health Canada, ordering him to stop offering stem cell therapy. Dr. Scott Barr has been offering stem cell pain treatments for the last two ... […]
• Slug, a stem cell regulator, keeps breast cells healthy by promoting repair of DNA damage
  A new study published in Cell Reports found that a transcription factor called Slug serves as "command central" for determining breast stem cell health, regulating both stem cell activity and ... […]
• Calgary researchers say newly discovered cell can heal heart damage in mice
  University of Calgary researchers say a newly discovered type of cell appears to repair heart damage in mice. The scientists say they’ve found the same type of cell in humans and believe it ... […]
• Edmontonians rally to find stem cell match for baby with rare disease
  EDMONTON—Early Sunday afternoon, about 50 people huddled in front of a bay door at an EMS station in northwest Edmonton to register as stem cell donors for a baby boy who desperately needs help. ... […]
• YouTube spreads 'misleading information' about experimental stem cell treatments
  In an appearance last year on comedian Joe Rogan’s podcast, Mel Gibson raved about how a trip to a Panama stem cell clinic had led to his ailing 92-year-old father’s seemingly superhuman recovery. ... […]
• Debate over Health Canada crackdown on stem cell therapies
  Once seen almost exclusively as a treatment for certain cancers, an increasing amount of health care providers are offering stem cell therapies to treat conditions like autism, multiple sclerosis (MS) ... […]
• A stem cell 'cautionary tale' as Health Canada cracks down on private clinics
  This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of eclectic and under-the-radar health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. If you haven't subscribed yet, ... […]
• More needs to be done to attract Indigenous stem cell donors, northwestern Ontario cancer survivor says
  Bess Legarde said she didn't know much about stem cell donation prior to being diagnosed with leukemia, even though she was within the 17-35 age group that qualifies to donate. (Heather Kitching/CBC) ... […]
• Health Canada requests Sudbury clinic stop selling stem cell therapies
  A medical clinic in Sudbury, Ont. has been told by Health Canada to stop selling stem therapies as the federal-agency says it considers the process to be "unauthorized cell therapies." The ... […]
• Canna-V-Cell: Developing Disruptive Biofarming Technology for the Cannabis Industry
  Canna-V-Cell Sciences (CSE:CNVC) has launched its campaign on the Investing News Network’s cannabis channel. Canna-V-Cell is a cannabis technology company that is the exclusive international ... […]