CDRD establishes Atlantic Research Node

Vancouver-based Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) has established the first in a proposed pan-Canadian network of research nodes with an agreement to collaborate with Dalhousie Univ and the IWK Health Centre, both in Halifax. The CDRD Atlantic Research Node will initially be focused on zebrafish models of disease and leverage the research of Dr Jason Berman and his laboratory team. Bergman's team is creating models of disease, immunology and oncology which will add to CDRD's small molecule and biologics drug development platform. Zebrafish generate offspring rapidly, allowing researchers to observe and manipulate gene networks, developmental processes and interaction with diseased cells with their host environment more rapidly and cost-effectively than other model systems. for the purpose of drug discovery....