Benefits Of IRC
Through the IRC, Canada and other participating nations are gaining visibility as leaders in genomic research.
- Stem cells and regenerative medicine present an unprecedented opportunity to transform the face of medicine, offering real hope that many of today’s most devastating diseases can be cured or alleviated.
- Genomic research is an important building block for innovative, knowledge-based economies. The IRC is driving the development of new technologies and intellectual property, opening the doors to new capital, and creating knowledge intensive jobs and new companies through the commercialization of new discoveries.
- IRC members are actively engaged in preparing the next generation of highly qualified personnel that will carry on advanced research and maintain global competitiveness.
- The IRC’s global approach leverages the knowledge of the brightest minds in the international molecular science community, making the best use of available public and private sector funding.
- IRC research will ensure health care systems are at the leading edge of more effective treatments and cures for injuries and diseases that today create an enormous human and economic burden.
- The IRC is engaging the public in understanding the benefits of genomics research.
