The University of Prince Edward Island today licensed a promising piece of medical technology to Carmel Biosciences, a biomedical company based in Tucker, Georgia. The technology is a “co-drug” with powerful anti-inflammatory activity. 

 Dr. William Whelan, Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Optics, presents "Listening to cancer with photoacoustics" at the UPEI's 25th Research Breakfast. The video is after the jump.

The following is the first of a two-part series by Dr. Peter McKenna, professor and chair of Political Studies at UPEI. It was originally published in the Charlottetown Guardian on September 1, 2011.

 Having returned in mid-August from Operation NANOOK 11 as an invited observer — which involved roughly 1,100 Canadian Forces ( CF) personnel from the Navy, Air Force, Army and even Special Forces ( JTF II) in Resolute Bay, Nunavut — it’s not hard to tell that both the Canadian government and the military are preparing for a larger presence in the North. And the fatal crash of a First Air 737-200 aircraft last weekend highlights the need for search and rescue assets on the ground in Resolute.