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Ontario energy, science and technology minister, Jim Wilson has announced a funding consortium of $90.5 million to fund seven new projects in biotechnology, drug discovery, telecommunications, microsatellites, laser micromachining and financial research. The provincial government, through the Ontario Research and Development Challenge Fund (ORDCF), will invest $29.2 million, the University of Toronto is contributing $30.2 million and corporate sponsors will provide $31.1 million. Some of the projects to receive funding include: With project partners Astra Pharma and the University of Toronto, the $7 million Drug Discovery and Biotechnology project will investigate new drugs for debilitating diseases including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. GlycoDesign, Apotex and the University of Toronto will receive $1.5 million to develop new pharmaceuticals to fight viral and bacterial diseases ranging from the common cold to meningitis.
LYMErix, a vaccine to prevent lyme disease (Recombinant OspA), manufactured by SmithKline Beecham Biologicals, is now available in Canada. LYMErix has been proven effective in the prevention of both definite Lyme disease (characteristic symptoms with serologic diagnosis) and asymptomatic infection (no symptoms, but serologic diagnosis of infection). Lyme disease, an emerging infectious disease, is a potentially serious multi-stage bacterial infection with a wide range of symptoms -- from a characteristic skin rash and flu-like symptoms to arthritis and heart abnormalities. In Canada, Lyme disease is considered endemic in parts of B.C. and in southwestern Ontario -- near Long Point and Point Pelee. However, in addition to these endemic areas, the ticks that are known to transmit Lyme disease have been found in over 250 locations across Canada, including Quebec, northern Ontario, parts of the Prairies and the Atlantic regions.
LYMErix is a genetically engineered vaccine that contains lipoprotein OspA, an outer surface protein of the causative Lyme disease bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi.
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