Two university health research projects are receiving a financial boost of approximately $200,000 from the provincial government.

Seven University of Saskatchewan researchers have received Saskatchewan Lung Association (SLA) grants totaling $128,580 to study chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other lung diseases.

Released November 29, 2001 (Prepared in conjunction with Ducks Unlimited Canada, SaskPower, and Winter Cereals Canada) Saskatoon . . . A group of partners today opened a newly equipped research laboratory at the University of Saskatchewan that will dramatically cut the time to develop new varieties of winter wheat, a crop with the potential to significantly improve incomes for Prairie farmers. Researchers will use a process known as doubled haploid selection that will reduce production of new winter wheat varieties to about 18 months from seven years.

Released November 28, 2001 A world-class Saskatoon research centre that supports the study and promotion of rural health has recast itself as an even more dynamic new institute designed to tackle a wider range of health and safety issues facing rural, agricultural and remote people.

University of Saskatchewan social geographer Evelyn Peters has been awarded $50,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation to develop a data base on urban Aboriginal peoples.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted U of S researchers a patent to explore the therapeutic potential of compounds found in a native prairie plant.

A gas that smells like rotten eggs and can be toxic to humans in the environment plays a valuable role within the body in regulating healthy blood pressure, a University of Saskatchewan research team has found.

In an era of challenges in funding for medical research in our province, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Saskatchewan announced today that it is providing more than $837,000 to 18 research teams at the University of Saskatchewan.

Today five University of Saskatchewan researchers were awarded Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) grants totaling more than $1.25 million for labs and equipment to advance leading-edge research that could lead to improved medical implants, electronic devices and pulse crops.

Today five University of Saskatchewan researchers were awarded Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) grants totaling more than $1.25 million for labs and equipment to advance leading-edge research that could lead to improved medical implants, electronic devices and pulse crops.

Today Cele Abad-Zapatero, associate research fellow at Abbott Laboratories in Illinois, will give a seminar entitled "The Impact of Synchrotron Radiation on Biotechnology: Successes and Challenges" at 2:30 p.m. in Place Riel Theatre.

In the wake of the collapse of the World Trade Center towers, a California synchrotron will help identify airborne pollutants that could adversely affect the lungs of recovery workers and residents in the surrounding area.

A promising new direction for medical treatment developed at the University of Saskatchewan may help recovering cannabis addicts cope with withdrawal.

A University of Saskatchewan-led research team has developed a handbook to help health professionals -- from physicians to physical therapists -- deal sensitively with adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

Today 23 University of Saskatchewan health researchers and their teams will be honored at a reception on campus for their recent awards totalling $1.4 million from the Health Services Utilization and Research Commission (HSURC).

Saskatoon, SK. The Veterinary Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO), a global leader in vaccine research, officially launched a $14.3-million expansion at a sod-turning on the University of Saskatchewan campus today.

Today 23 University of Saskatchewan health researchers and their teams will be honored at a reception on campus for their recent awards totalling $1.4 million from the Health Services Utilization and Research Commission (HSURC).

Twenty-four health researchers at the University of Saskatchewan have been awarded a total of $5.3 million in grants through a federal-provincial partnership program.

Prepared by the Government of Saskatchewan: The Veterinary Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) the University of Saskatchewan is receiving $650,000 in government funding to help its cutting edge research.

Prepared by Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food: The province will invest $2.6 million from its Agriculture Development Fund (ADF) in 24 agricultural research projects in Saskatchewan.

This week, the Canadian Light Source (CLS) commissioning team successfully operated the refurbished linear accelerator or 'linac' -- the first step in commissioning the national synchrotron that will supply brilliant light beams to scientists at experimental workstations starting in January of 2004.

The University of Saskatchewan has awarded a $3.4-million contract to Thales Radio Broadcast Inc. of Virginia to design and supply a radio frequency (RF) amplifier system for the Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron project now under construction on campus.

In a just-published article in Nutrition Research, University of Saskatchewan researchers have found that girls in their early teens who often drink soft drinks instead of milk face a life-long increased risk for fractures and osteoporosis.

In a just-published article in Nutrition Research, University of Saskatchewan researchers have found that girls in their early teens who often drink soft drinks instead of milk face a life-long increased risk for fractures and osteoporosis.

In a just-published article in Nutrition Research, University of Saskatchewan researchers have found that girls in their early teens who often drink soft drinks instead of milk face a life-long increased risk for fractures and osteoporosis.

University of Saskatchewan researchers have recently been awarded a total of almost $1.37 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for five innovative and wide-ranging projects.

A tiny compound in flaxseed may help prevent or significantly delay the development of diabetes in adults, says University of Saskatchewan researcher Dr. Kailash Prasad.

The University of Saskatchewan has awarded contracts totalling almost $8.2 million to three Saskatchewan firms and two international firms for work on the Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron project currently under construction on campus.

Parks Canada and the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada today unveiled a plaque to celebrate the national importance of the development of Cobalt-60 Beam Therapy Unit (Cobalt Bomb) in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

UMA Group Ltd. has won an award of excellence for technical innovation from the Consulting Engineers of Saskatchewan recognizing work on the Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron project under construction at the University of Saskatchewan.

Three University of Saskatchewan graduate students have won gold and silver medals in a nation-wide research competition for their respective work on cancer and female reproduction.

Costly beef respiratory and intestinal diseases may have a potent new enemy in the form of new live viral vectored vaccines under development at the Veterinary Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) in Saskatoon, Sask.

The U of S College of Agriculture’s Crop Development Centre will receive $600 K over three years from Quaker Oats Canada and Cargill Ltd. in support of its oat research and development program.

A new vaccine under commercial development could significantly decrease piglet mortality caused by Streptococcus suis. Research scientists at the Veterinary Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) in Saskatoon developed the vaccine.

Controlling Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni) before it becomes an even bigger food-borne disease and water quality threat has prompted a new vaccine research project by the Veterinary Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.

The University of Saskatchewan is set to receive an additional $1.1 million annually from the Government of Canada to create seven Canada Research Chairs (CRC) on campus. The announcement was made today by Federal Minister of Industry, Brian Tobin, at a press conference in Winnipeg.

The recent acquisition of a University of Saskatchewan spin-off company by an Ontario-based pharmaceutical firm will create a world-class drug delivery research centre and about 15 new jobs in Saskatoon by 2004.

Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan and across Canada have launched a three-year, $592,000 study of nursing in rural and remote areas that will give communities information to help attract and retain nurses.

Prepared by Saskatchewan Economic and Co-operative Development: Key research and development projects at the University of Saskatchewan are receiving a major boost of more than $4.3 million in funding from the provincial government.

University of Saskatchewan and other Saskatoon research centres will receive a total of roughly $8 million from a $15-million pool of funding announced today by Genome Canada for two Genome Prairie projects. This money is expected to create up to 50 new positions at Saskatoon research institutions.

A new vaccine for controlling E. coli O157:H7 in cattle could become an important management tool in the cattle industry's crusade against the hazardous bacteria as well as in society's efforts to deal with the food safety concerns and control the disease at the human level. The vaccine was developed through a collaboration between the Veterinary Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, and the Alberta Research Council in Edmonton.

A new vaccine for controlling E. coli O157:H7 in cattle could become an important management tool in the cattle industry's crusade against the hazardous bacteria as well as in society's efforts to deal with the food safety concerns and control the disease at the human level. The vaccine was developed through a collaboration between the Veterinary Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, and the Alberta Research Council in Edmonton.

Effective today, pharmacist Marianne Greer becomes director of the Saskatchewan Drug Research Institute, a privately funded organization affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan that helps researchers conduct clinical drug trials and link up with industry.

A unique-in-Canada drug research institute wholly owned by the University of Saskatchewan has been set up in Innovation Place to develop new and safer drugs and to train young researchers.

A new vaccine to combat the streptococcal form of bovine mastitis has passed the proof-of-concept phase, taking it one step closer to producers, says its developer, Dr. Andy Potter, of the Veterinary Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) at the University of Saskatchewan.

Today the University of Saskatchewan was awarded a total of more than $1.1 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to help fund new equipment and labs that will advance seven wide-ranging research projects led by new faculty.

In a just-published article, University of Saskatchewan researchers have shown that a new drug is effective in preventing paraplegia in rats with spinal cord injuries. Human clinical trials of this promising treatment are expected to begin in a year or two.

Foot-and-mouth disease is a highly infectious disease in cattle, sheep, pigs and goats that poses little threat to human health but is economically devastating for agriculture.

Prepared by NSERC: (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) - The Honourable Brian Tobin, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced $1 million in funding to test a new approach to immunization that may represent an important breakthrough in animal and human health protection.

Twenty-two young U of S researchers have won scholarships and fellowships totalling almost $900,000 over two years from NSERC (the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada), federal Industry Minister Brian Tobin announced on campus today.

SASKATOON, SK. More than 250 top government officials, business leaders and scientists from across Canada attended a dedication ceremony today to mark completion of the massive building that will soon be home to Canada's first, state-of-the-art synchrotron - the $173.5 million Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan.

SASKATOON, SK. GlaxoSmithKline, one of the country's leading research-based pharmaceutical companies, will provide a $500,000 endowment to help create Canada's first designated research chair in synchrotron science.

SASKATOON, SK. Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the world's leading pharmaceutical firms, has become the first industrial company to invest in a beamline at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron project now under construction on the University of Saskatchewan campus.

When the international Odin satellite is launched from Eastern Russia today, a University of Saskatchewan-designed instrument will be on board to identify how human pollution contributes to ozone depletion.

U of S researchers were awarded federal grants totalling $852K over 3 years for agricultural research projects examining aspects of climate change related to Greenhouse Gas (GHG)emissions.

The Canadian Light Source (CLS) now under construction on the University of Saskatchewan campus will receive $2.5 million for beamline construction from the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR), the AHFMR announced today.

The Government of Alberta will contribute $1.5 million towards a new Academic Chair in Beef Cattle Health Management at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM), University of Saskatchewan.

Active living research project, Saskatoon In Motion: Building Community Capacity through Physical Activity and Health Promotion, has been given a $1 million boost from the Community Alliance for Health Research (CAHR). The project will be headed by U of S kinesiology researcher, Dr. Karen Chad.

The Canadian Light Source synchrotron project at the University of Saskatchewan will receive $6.7 million over four years from the Alberta Science and Research Authority (ASRA) toward two beamlines, conduits for carrying synchrotron light to scientists' workstations.

The Honourable Brian Tobin, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), today announced $9 million for research projects funded under SSHRC's Community-University Research Alliances (CURA) program.

Scientists at the Canadian Light Source synchrotron on the University of Saskatchewan campus have come up with a new motor control device that will help run synchrotron beamline equipment and could be sold to synchrotron facilities around the world.

Nearly a half million for College of Agriculture pulse crop research.