Thanks to an investment from the provincial government, Memorial University will be able to purchase equipment to help advance medical research.

The Department of Industry, Energy and Technology is investing $477,860 to assist with the purchase of a micro-computed tomography (CT) imaging suite, including a Micro-CT scanner, 3-D suite software, and a large animal transport system.

This investment leverages other contributions of $490,000, for a total project investment of $937,860.

The Micro-CT scanner will allow researchers to test treatments and see the effects in real-time. The imaging suite will also enable the study of non-living samples.

The equipment will be used across other scientific disciplines such as pharmaceutical industries, government agencies, and the general public.