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Phylo

Phylo

Debron, Luke and Paula huddle around a laptop in a McGill University cafeteria, absorbed in an online game. No dreadful monsters, zombies or bloody explosions here. Phylo is much more serious than that.

Mr. HapMap

Mr. HapMap

Tom Hudson is a busy guy. Few have contributed more to our understanding of how the human genome works — and how to map it, using ‘haplotypes’ — than this congenial native of Arvida, Quebec. .

Pharmacogenomics

Pharmacogenomics

There’s hardly a facet of drug action that isn’t determined in some way by our DNA — by our genome. On a recent trip to Vancouver, I visited the offices and labs of the Canadian Pharmacogenomics Network for Drug Safety.

A Village Called Lifta

A Village Called Lifta

The “Nakba” began in late November 1947, six months prior to Israel’s declaration of independence. When it was through, some 750,000 Palestinians had fled, and an estimated four hundred villages were demolished.

Adverse Drug Reactions

Adverse Drug Reactions

Have you ever popped the recommended dose of an over-the-counter analgesic, and it did absolutely nothing? Or perhaps you suffered a life-threatening adverse reaction. If so, you’re in large company.

David Phillips

David Phillips

As Earth’s climate changes and weather extremes become more frequent, no one has his finger on Canada’s weather pulse more squarely and firmly than Canada’s chief climatologist, David Phillips.