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Find information on the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, which collectively make up Canada's major federal funding agency for health research.

Explore a showcase of Canada's greatest medical heroes through text biographies and short video documentaries. Or, try out the games lab.

Find information on the Cancer Genomics Program, which develops new drug treatments and diagnostics, concentrating on brain, lung and breast cancers.

Meet Dr. Rosanna Peeling, a scientist at Health Canada who developed a test for chlamydia that can help make some of its long-term complications, such as infertility, a thing of the past (text and video).

Which kitten is the clone? Do some DNA testing to find out in this interactive game.

Learn about drug delivery systems, which refers to both the construct of the drug and its method of administration. Find information on the science, research and applications.

Discover the basic components and principles of molecular biology with this video which gives a sense of the scale of cells, chromosomes, and DNA and shows how the information in DNA is converted into proteins.

Try this cloning quiz and show what you know about genetics.

Discover how disease can be treated with gene therapy, the introduction of a new gene into a cell that changes the expression of a person's genes to cure or prevent genetic diseases.

Learn about genetic testing, also known as gene testing and DNA tests, which involves the examination of an individual's DNA.

Discover the role of genetically engineered mice in the research lab in allowing researchers to study how a gene affects the progression of a disease and to discover the unknown processes a particular gene may control.

Learn about genomics, which is the study of genomes, a term used to describe all of the genes and genetic material that predict the nature of an organism.

Link to research information on genomics, an area of scientific study that aims to decipher and understand the genetic information in living organisms.

Find out why researchers have built a Level Four containment lab to bring to Canada some of the deadliest diseases known to humanity (text and video).

Find out how the work of Dr. Roxanne Deslauriers improves our health and quality of life. Learn about her research into non-invasive techniques and technologies for diagnosing and monitoring medical conditions.

Meet Dr. Hari Vijay, a research scientist at Health Canada who has developed internationally recognized research on the standardization of mold allergens (text and video).

Learn about monoclonal antibodies, which differ from antibodies that already exist in the body for the treatment and diagnoses of disease in that they are artificially produced from the clones of a single cell.

Visit Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory, the world's first to accommodate both human and animal health facilities at the highest level of biocontainment under one roof.

Visit the Institute for Biodiagnostics, where research groups are focusing on the development of non-invasive techniques for biomedical applications.

Meet the Melonheads! Help this family pick which genes to pass on to its child.

Link to information on stem cell research, including the science, breakthroughs, sources of stem cells and ethics.

Learn about three experiments in space that study bone degeneration and possible cures for osteoporosis.

Learn about the technologies and research tools that support biotechnology applications in healthcare, including stem cell research and the use of genetically engineered mice.

Find out what genomics means to you! Learn about the genetic code, find out how research into genomics may influence health, food production and criminology or play online games.

Discover 11 activities for classroom use on the topics of genetics, diversity, DNA, and the ethics of genetic testing. For Grades 5-12.

Type in your name and see what happens when it's decoded into a DNA sequence and then mutated!