Research

A new gene-editing experiment explores human development. With this comes new ethical questions: How do scientists acquire embryos and how are their projects approved? Dal expert Françoise Baylis discusses.

This week, Halifax welcomed guests from the World Energy Cities Partnership for an international conference, one which made its way to campus Wednesday for a discussion about research and innovation in energy and beyond.

Switching universities and the focus of his studies a decade ago proved to be the right choice for Dal Biology PhD graduate Adrian Dauphinee, whose passion for plant biology has taken him into an exciting new area of study in the field.

AIM to Grow, focused on studying technology-based approaches toward food production in Atlantic Canada, was launched with a conference this week bringing together experts both from the region and from the Netherlands.

Egg donors, sperm donors and surrogates are critical participants and patients in the use of reproductive technologies - so why are their rights and health repeatedly overlooked? Dalhousie's Françoise Baylis and co-author Alana Cattapan discuss the issues.