U-of-S Nuclear Science Facility getting $2-million

Dec 18, 2018 | 1:41 PM

The University of Saskatchewan will use 2.2 million dollars in federal funding to develop the Innovation Wing at the Saskatchewan Centre for Cyclotron Sciences.

Twenty researchers from the University’s Fedoruk Centre for Nuclear Innovation will be able to test diagnostic advances in cancer research as well as diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimers.

They will also be able to apply nuclear imaging to veterinary and agricultural sciences.

Fedoruk Centre Executive Director John Root believes they will be able to attract a half-million dollars in private research and development investment.

Root also envisions the creation 50 new jobs, development of at least 60 patents or publications about nuclear imaging and the launch 10 new technological products or services.

Minister of Public Safety and Preparedness Ralph Goodale says the Fedoruk Centre continues Saskatchewan’s 60 year legacy of pioneering nuclear medicine and technology.

He calls the science at the University of Saskatchewan’s Fedoruk Centre ground breaking work that will have social and economic benefits for the province, country and around the world.

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