Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec, Toronto, Manitoba take top prizes in 20th Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada
Raising scientists: SBCC celebrates 20 years of inspiring studies and careers in Canada’s $86 billion biotech industry
OTTAWA, April 9, 2013 – Cutting edge research into an experimental therapy that deploys nano-particles of gold to kill cancer cells earned an Alberta high school student, 16, top national honours today in the 2013 “Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada” (SBCC).
His research project, mentored at the University of Calgary, advances an experimental cancer “photothermal therapy” which involves injecting a patient with gold nanoparticles. The particles accumulate in tumours, forming so-called “nano-bullets” that can be heated to kill cancer cells.India-born Arjun Nair, 16, a Grade 11 student at Webber Academy, Calgary, was awarded the top prize of $5,000 by a panel of eminent Canadian scientists assembled at the Ottawa headquarters of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC).
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