UWO gets $11 million for health research, some for ginseng
Tue, January 29, 2008
By JOHN MINER, SUN MEDIA
The Ontario government has announced $11 million for health care research at the University of Western Ontario, with most of the money going to improve the therapeutic properties of ginseng produced in the province.
About $6 million is going to help researchers at Western improve the therapeutic properties of Ontario-grown ginseng, the province’s fifth largest cash crop.
In announcing the money this morning, Minister of Research and Innovation John Wilkinson said Ontario is now the largest producer of ginseng in North America.
Most of the crop is exported and processed elsewhere, so that much of what arrives in Canada as finished product originated here.
Ginseng is believed to enhance mental, physical and sexual performance.
More than $4 million is going to researchers at Robarts Research Institute to develop new techniques to diagnose neurological diseases such as brain cancer, epilepsy, stroke and Alzheimer disease.
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