IRCM researchers identify a protein that controls the “guardian of the genome”

A study sheds new light on a well-known mechanism required for the immune response A new study published in the scientific journal Proceedings of...
December 10, 2014

The artificial pancreas shown to improve the treatment of type 1 diabetes

The world’s first clinical trial comparing three alternative diabetes treatments The world’s first clinical trial comparing three alternative treatments for type 1 diabetes...
December 5, 2014

Obesity may shorten life expectancy up to 8 years

Canadian researchers put numbers on health risk Montreal, December 4, 2014 – ‘Tis the season to indulge. However, restraint may be best according...
December 5, 2014

Christopher Manfredi named new Provost

From the McGill Reporter McGill’s Board of Governors unanimously approved an Advisory Committee’s recommendation to appoint Professor Christopher Manfredi as the University’s new...
December 3, 2014

The war on HIV is another casualty of the Ebola crisis

Op-ed written by Dr. Mark Wainberg, professor and director, McGill University AIDS Centre, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, originally appearing in the Globe and Mail...
December 1, 2014

The Gerald Bronfman Centre for Clinical Research in Oncology annual scientific lecture and award ceremony

On Monday, November 24, 2014, The Gerald Bronfman Centre for Clinical Research in Oncology, celebrating 23 years of excellence, held its 4th annual...
November 28, 2014

Fragile X study offers hope of new autism treatment

Drug reverses behavioural symptoms in mice with a version of autism People affected by a common inherited form of autism could be helped...
November 27, 2014

How do we make moral judgements?

IRCM ethics experts open the black box of moral intuitions In a target article published in the current issue of the American Journal...
November 25, 2014

High incidence of bowel disease seen in people with lung conditions

By Tod Hoffman People with airway diseases, including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), have a higher incidence of inflammatory bowel disease,...
November 25, 2014

Antibiotics get a “time-out”

MUHC study examines the effect of regular re-evaluation of antibiotic use on cost and C. difficile infection rates Montreal, November 17, 2014 –...
November 18, 2014

Finding “lost” languages in the brain

Study has far-reaching implications for unconscious role of infant experiences on adult development An infant’s mother tongue creates neural patterns that the unconscious...
November 18, 2014

School of Communication Sciences and Disorders holds celebration

After a busy year which saw the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders celebrate its 50th anniversary and complete a major move from...
November 17, 2014