Without new funding, key part of Canada’s stem cell research ecosystem to close

Despite its immense value and future promise, the Stem Cell Network will soon cease to exist.

Science Minister Kirsty Duncan, seen last April, is being asked to ensure the continued funding of the Stem Cell Network to support research fuelling regenerative medicine. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY CINDI MORSHEAD, SOWMYA VISWANATHAN

February 20, 2019

Health care in Canada sits upon a precipice. We are faced with a looming crisis as costs for degenerative disease nears $200-billion each year and hospitals struggle to contend with chronic overcapacity. And yet, at no time before has there been so much promise for new and innovative therapies—man...

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