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S.S.: Dr. Lok and I went to graduate school and did our PhDs at SickKids under Dr. Lap-Chee Tsui, the world-famous Canadian geneticist who discovered the cystic fibrosis gene in 1989. As Canadians, we wanted to give back in some way, above and beyond our typical research. Last year we recognized that the coming sesquicentennial of Canada, new technologies, and our ideas provided the ‘perfect storm’ for us to make a lasting contribution to the scientific world, to our future research, and to the sense of Canadian characteristics of hard work, loyalty, and pride in our heritage. Buy-in from our TCAG team and other Canadian scientists was instantaneous.
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