| Jennifer Wang
Rooting for a Cure…
| Division: | Health Sciences | | Category: | Senior | | Region: | Saskatoon | | City: | Saskatoon, SK | | School: | Walter Murray Collegiate | | Abstract: | Found in Saskatchewan, wild sarsaparilla belongs to the same plant family as ginseng. Twenty-four extracts were obtained from this plant, two of which were most effective in killing human cancer cells without greatly affecting normal human cells. Novel anti-cancer compounds were thus isolated from a local plant. |
| Awards | Value | The Manning Innovation Achievement Award
and $4000 Manning Young Canadian Innovation Award
Sponsor: Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation | $4 000.00 | Petro-Canada Peer Innovation Award - Senior
Central Canada
Sponsor: Petro-Canada | $200.00 | UBC Science (Vancouver) Entrance Award
Senior Gold Medallist - $4000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: The University of British Columbia (Vancouver) | $4 000.00 | The University of Western Ontario Scholarship
Gold Medallist - $2000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: University of Western Ontario | $2 000.00 | Gold Medal - Health Sciences
Senior
Sponsor: Canadian Institutes of Health Research | $1 500.00 | | Total | $11 700.00 | |
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