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Head of Diagnostics at Sona Nanotech Inc. Passionate scientist, businessman, husband and father.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Joined November 2013
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$SONA $SNANF is pleased to announce the selection of Minnetronix Medical to engineer the next generation of its infrared light device.  Read the full news release here: bit.ly/43evoPH #medtech #cancerresearch #nanotech #nanomedicine
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$SONA $SNANF CSO Len Pagliaro, Phd, explains the importance of the recent announcement to engage with a regulatory advisor. Listen for detail on Bentley Biomedical’s relevant prior experience. youtu.be/UZyHN26PB0s #colorectalcancercanada #cancerresearch #nanotech
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$SONA $SNANF, is pleased to announce the election as chair of the board, Mr. Mark Lievonen, CM, who joined the board of Sona in December, 2020. Read the full news release here: bit.ly/45evBE4 #FightCRC #cancertreatment #cancerresearch #nanotech #CRC
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$SONA $SNANF was recently mentioned in this Journal of Advances in Oncological Phototherapy. Our biocompatible GNRs, mentioned as being free from CTAB, a development it cites that “could significantly reduce..." bit.ly/42HTkdV #cancertreatment #nanotech #CRC
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$SONA $SNANF is attending the 2023 @bloomburton Healthcare Investor Conference in Toronto. We are looking forward to being a part of this prestigious event and making impactful connections. bit.ly/3n01qPH #colorectalcancercanada #cancerresearch #nanomedicin #BBHIC2023
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A behind-the-scenes look at $SONA $SNANF production of lateral flow assay devices using our unique gold nanorods. Watch here: youtu.be/qVDSyngn5qI #nanomedicine #biomedical #biomedicalscience #medicaleducation #medicaldevices
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Increasing number of young people who are dying from Colorectal cancer. $SONA $SNANF acquisition of Siva and its ‘THT’ will continue the quest for a less invasive, #colorectalcancer treatment, that does less harm other #cancer treatments. bit.ly/3K8xDM8
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A sad day for the world 🥺
2.6 million new coronavirus cases worldwide, the biggest one-day increase on record, according to WHO. 8,168 new deaths
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Excellent thread here by @DavidJuncker on the role that authorities could play in helping curb the pandemic. Self testing with rapid tests has been shown to have significant impact on reducing cases and it’s time to adapt or continue to fight with one hand behind our backs.
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NEW—England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 set a another 12th record high pediatric #COVID19 hospitalizations in a month. More than double the rate of former waves. The kids are not alright. Kids should not be hospitalized— have their whole lives ahead of them—PROTECT THEM. #Omicron HT @Antonio_Caramia
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THREAD: This is an important study - supports anecdotes and other work by @awyllie13 Virus growing and detectable in saliva days earlier than the nose! Both PCR & Ag in nose lag saliva 1-3 days In Nose, PCR is 1 day faster than Ag (As Expected) 1/ medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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LATERAL FLOW DEVICE PERFORMANCE Some GOOD NEWS 🎉 Laboratory evaluation of 5 brands of LFDs (including Innova & FlowFlex) - all of which target the N protein - are able to detect Omicron infection
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You know things have come full circle when people are starting to tell me that PCR takes a long time to turn negative and we should be using rapid antigen tests to test out of isolation bc PCR can be pos even when not infectious I guess after 2 years, the message got out.
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The first issue of ACS Nanoscience Au features a stunning cover. Read all about it 👉 fal.cn/3kRJJ
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Well - it’s Finally happening! US will make 500 million #Rapidtests available for free to Americans ⁦@POTUS⁩ will invoke the Defense Productions Act to make this happen STARTING in January… but note, *starting* - not all in January 1/ nytimes.com/2021/12/21/us/po…
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Come check out our white paper, where we discuss the long-term potential for Sona Nanotech’s unique toxin-free, bio-compatible nanorod technology to help facilitate advancements in key medical and scientific applications. #nanotech #innovation #biomedical sonanano.com/sona-gnr-white-…
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Our Commercial Director Phil Groom was a guest on an episode of @MedTalkPod last month 🎙️⬇️ Listen to the discussion where he covers: 💡Using data to prevent future pandemics 💡The future of lateral flow #podcast #data #digitalhealth
Our latest episode is out now. Featuring @bondhealthUK on the future of lateral flow tests and why data will be crucial to preventing the next pandemics. Listen Below #COVID19 #Pandemic soundcloud.com/medtalkpodcas…
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Check out this video series from @GOLDCOUNCIL showcasing how #gold is transforming the world today. Episode 4 focuses on #health and gold based #nanoparticles. thegoldenthread.gold.org/epi…
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