NRC HighlightsOctober 2008

A valvulotome features tiny blades on a catheter to cut out vein valves.

Bypassing blocked arteries

A medical devices supplier specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is now manufacturing its own equipment to expand into new markets, with support from NRC.

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NRC President
Pierre Coulombe

Tackling Canada's health research priorities

For decades, NRC achieved a number of world firsts in health-related sciences and technologies.

Thanks to NRC's Marine Safety Program, Canada will soon provide the data needed to strengthen international standards for thermal protection in life rafts, immersion suits and other marine safety equipment.

Photonic wires to detect pathogens

Thanks to recent breakthroughs by NRC researchers, a technology now used in optical telecommunications may soon provide the first working generation of hand-held biosensors.

Photo courtesy of: Impact Communications Group Inc. (Halifax)

Vaccine breakthrough heralds new cancer treatment

Some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical players have got their eye on a young Canadian firm with a vaccine technology that could soon be good news for cancer victims.

Unlocking secrets of natural health products

NRC scientists in Charlottetown are helping a Québec City-based company unlock the secrets of a botanical health product so it can expand some day into new veterinary and human health markets.

NRC is helping IMRIS bring magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) into interventional cardiac surgery.

Close to the heart

Tiny coils and wires that capture images inside coronary arteries could soon improve the way physicians diagnose whether a patient has heart disease or suffered a heart attack.