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Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Find information on the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, which collectively make up Canada's major federal funding agency for health research.

Health Canada

Meet Dr. Rosanna Peeling, a scientist at Health Canada who developed a test for chlamydia that can help make some of its long-term complications, such as infertility, a thing of the past (text and video).

Canadian Museum of Nature

Which kitten is the clone? Do some DNA testing to find out in this interactive game.

Canadian Museum of Nature

Try this cloning quiz and show what you know about genetics.

National Research Council Canada

Link to research information on genomics, an area of scientific study that aims to decipher and understand the genetic information in living organisms.

Health Canada

Find out why researchers have built a Level Four containment lab to bring to Canada some of the deadliest diseases known to humanity (text and video).

Health Canada

Meet Dr. Hari Vijay, a research scientist at Health Canada who has developed internationally recognized research on the standardization of mold allergens (text and video).

Public Health Agency of Canada

Visit Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory, the world's first to accommodate both human and animal health facilities at the highest level of biocontainment under one roof.

National Research Council Canada

Visit the Institute for Biodiagnostics, where research groups are focusing on the development of non-invasive techniques for biomedical applications.

Canadian Museum of Nature

Meet the Melonheads! Help this family pick which genes to pass on to its child.

Learn about three experiments in space that study bone degeneration and possible cures for osteoporosis.

Canadian Museum of Nature

Find out what genomics means to you! Learn about the genetic code, find out how research into genomics may influence health, food production and criminology or play online games.

Canadian Museum of Nature

Discover 11 activities for classroom use on the topics of genetics, diversity, DNA, and the ethics of genetic testing. For Grades 5-12.

Canadian Museum of Nature

Type in your name and see what happens when it's decoded into a DNA sequence and then mutated!