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A cross-campus team of McMaster University researchers has identified why some patients develop dangerous blood clots after exposure to a common blood thinner – and a potential way to prevent it. The study, published on Sept. 11 in Nature Communications, combines the university’s expertise from chemistry, structural biology and transfusion medicine to reveal how a […]
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Poetry has been at the centre of Lisa Richter’s life for as long as she can remember. She began writing poems in her early teens and continued through high school and university, seeking out workshops, courses, readings and literary communities wherever she could find them. “I’ve made a life, rather than a living, out of […]
When Pegah Saraf thinks about sustainability, she envisions more than just avoiding single-use plastics and practising better recycling habits. She thinks about the food we eat. As the global demand for protein grows, Saraf, a PhD candidate in Engineering professor Ravi Selvaganapathy’s lab, is exploring ways to produce meat while using fewer resources. Cultivated meat, […]