Raptor Pharmaceutical Licenses Intellectual Property Related to Malaria From McGill University

McGill University has licensed exclusive intellectual property rights related to cysteamine and related compounds to Raptor Pharmaceutical, for the potential treatment of parasitic...
June 18, 2012

Launch of the second edition of the Étudiants-chercheurs étoiles Award

This competition aims to recognize the exceptional research contributions of college and university students, postdoctoral fellows and members of professional bodies who are...
June 14, 2012

Promising tool to combat cachexia-induced muscle wasting discovered

  Researchers from McGill block onset of cachexia in animal models Cachexia, a syndrome characterized by rapid weight loss and muscle deterioration, is...
June 13, 2012

June – ALS Awareness Month

  What is ALS? Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or more commonly, Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a neurodegenerative disease in which progressive muscle weakness...
June 6, 2012

McGill University values family medicine

 Ad published in Le Devoir   “Medical faculties do not operate in a vacuum," says Dr. David Eidelman, Vice-principal (Health Affairs) and Dean...
May 24, 2012

Young people returning to family medicine

The tide is turning: family medicine is just as popular as specialties with young doctors who are starting residencies in 2012. While 31...
May 20, 2012

Cole Foundation injects $1 million to bolster pediatric leukemia research in Montreal

New grants and fellowships in pediatric leukemia research to be created at Université de Montréal, McGill University and INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier Thanks to the...
May 11, 2012

May is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month

What is Multiple Sclerosis (MS)? • MS attacks parts of a person's brain and spinal cord. Typical symptoms are extreme fatigue, visual and...
May 11, 2012

Taking it all in: revealing how we sense things

McGill physiology research team sheds light on how the brain processes what we sense We rely on our senses in all aspects of...
April 25, 2012

Improving that gut feeling: MUHC pioneers innovative treatment for stomach and esophageal cancer

  A new non-invasive procedure to treat early stomach and esophageal cancer offers improved quality of life according to physicians at the McGill...
April 23, 2012

Chronic pain management: New graduate certificate introduced

Online program for health care professionals launches in fall 2012 Chronic pain management is a major and growing challenge for our global healthcare system,...
April 18, 2012

St. Mary’s D building to get two new floors

[Originally posted on the St. Mary’s Hospital Centre website] The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Yves Bolduc and Outremont MNA and...
April 18, 2012