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For the first-time ever, the World Trade Centre Assocication welcomes a larger audience with a 100% virtual, week-long event.

People living in remote and rural parts of Manitoba may soon have access to an efficient and potentially life-saving kidney disease detector.

What are the rights and obligations of employers with regard to vaccination policies? What should employers consider prior to implementing a policy for testing or vaccination?

The trial includes 16 participants whose blood will be drawn and analyzed several times over 24 weeks

BAM Joins 18 other leaders in the life science sector

Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an annual competition for graduate students in a thesis-based program. The University of Manitoba 3MT is part of an overall strategy to highlight our graduate students, promote UM research and connect with the community.

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine is around 91% effective at preventing the disease, citing updated trial data that included participants inoculated for up to six months.

The oral spray products were over 90% effective at inactivating the virus after a 60 second contact time.

Cytophage to Begin Preclinical Trials on Revolutionary Throat and Nasal Spray

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2021 BAM AWARD WINNERS

Health Canada has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and a related shot by the Serum Institute of India for use in this country with the first doses expected to arrive soon.

StarFish Medical announces the CEV Winnipeg Ventilator design team wins Gold in the Industrial And Life Science Design / Medical/Scientific Machinery category of the 2020 International Design Awards (IDA) competition.

A bioinformation services company run by a trio of University of Manitoba science alumni has been instrumental in bringing same-day COVID-19 tests of asymptomatic individuals to the province.

The mask, developed by Precision ADM, comes in two sizes and is expected to start being used at the provincial hospital in early April with more facilities in Manitoba to follow.

Feb. 19, 2021 – The Bioscience Association of Manitoba (BAM) is pleased to announce today that Kim Kline is the organization’s new president.

The Delta 9 Lifestyle Cannabis Clinic opened its doors at 478 River Avenue in Winnipeg for medical patients on July 1, 2017. The demand for clinic services increased substantially when cannabis was legalized.

the events of 2020 have demonstrated the need to establish a resilient economy. Now as countries seek to tackle the economic realities the pandemic has brought, competition for investment, job creation and economic diversification have intensified.

The Manitoba government is committing $1.5 million to the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce to help support and protect local businesses impacted by COVID-19 public health orders, Economic Development and Training Minister Ralph Eichler announced today.

Delta 9 Cannabis has turned its cannabis grow pods into decontamination pods that can clean medical supplies, PPE and other equipment.

BAM is proud to support La Lierté's second edition "Together Against the Coronas" childern magazine.

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority has received its first shipment of N95 respirator masks that were manufactured by a Winnipeg company, Precision ADM.

It hopes to send out 20,000 masks to frontline workers by the end of the month.