Health and wellness

NRC is making disease diagnosis and treatment less invasive through the development of new medical devices and technologies. Our work also promotes aquaculture, improves Canadian crops and finds new uses for plants to keep Canadians healthy and prevent disease.

Institutes and Programs

• National Research Council Canada
• NRC Imaging Network Portal
• NRC Institute for Biological Sciences
• NRC Institute for Microstructural Sciences
• NRC Institute for Nutrisciences and Health
• NRC Canadian Neutron Beam Centre
• NRC Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre
• NRC Institute for Biodiagnostics
• NRC Institute for Marine Biosciences
• NRC Biotechnology Research Institute
• NRC Plant Biotechnology Institute
• National Institute for Nanotechnology
• NRC Genomics and Health Initiative

Research Programs

• Antibody Fragments and Applications
• Bacterial Pathogenesis
• Cancer research
• Cardiovascular disease research
• Certified Reference Materials Program
• Enabling Technologies Program
• Functional Genomics
• Glycoprocessing and Glycoanalysis
• Immunomodulation
• Industrial Research Assistance Program

Research Projects

• A network approach towards predictive modeling of cancer pathways (NETPM)
• Algorithm Design and Development (ADD) Program
• An Integrated Approach to Signature Identification in Cancer Omics
• Antibody Engineering
• Assay Development and Screening for Neuroprotectants
• BEAMnrc
• Bioactive Compounds - Immune System Modulation and Anti-Viral Activity
• Bioactive Compounds and the Immune System
• Bioactive metabolites from microalgae
• Biochemical mechanisms in absorption, retention and metabolism of dietary astaxanthin in salmonid fishes

Business Opportunities and Services

• Services

  NRC offers a variety of services to businesses. Individual institutes offer for-fee services, ranging from calibration to development of building codes. Browse a variety of services that NRC offers related to health and wellness.

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• Facilities

  National Research Council (NRC) facilities offer Canadian businesses and universities access to state-of-the-art equipment, research and training programs, and world leading design, fabrication, testing and co-location facilities. Browse our state-of-the-art facilities related to health and wellness.

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• Licensing Opportunities

  The National Research Council (NRC) develops many new technologies available for licensing. Browse to see if licensing opportunities in health and wellness may be available to your business or industry.

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Publications

• NRC-authored publication citations are available in the NRC Publications Archive (NPArC).