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New network in medical physics
Initiative funded by NSERC’s CREATE program seeks to bolster innovation in the development of technologies used for diagnosis and treatment of disease The...
August 12, 2013
Montreal’s golden age of medical research
By John Bergeron Professor of medicine at McGill University MONTREAL — Sixty years ago, two McGill University scholars discovered the...
August 5, 2013
A new strategy leads to the improvement of cataract surgery
An eye for efficiency Continuing its pace-setting initiatives to enhance patients’ access to timely care while increasing workplace efficiency, the Jewish General Hospital...
August 5, 2013
Understanding the effects of genes on human traits
Montreal Scientists develop a novel approach for scanning the entire genome Recent technological developments in genomics have revealed a large number of genetic...
August 5, 2013
Keeping your balance
Identification of key neurons that sense unexpected motion has significant implications for understanding of motion sickness It happens to all of us at...
July 29, 2013
Blind since birth, man able to see at 68 years old
Blind for 68 years, Pierre-Paul Thomas can now see thanks to a surgical procedure completed a few months ago by a team from...
July 25, 2013
Pioneering next-generation biobanking promises more in-depth genetic profiling of cancers
Personalized medicine offers patients therapies that are specifically targeted against the unique composition of their tumours New clinical protocols for taking biopsies of...
July 22, 2013
St. Mary’s CEO steps down after 40 years at hospital
Dr. Arvind Joshi to take up new high-profile job in McGill University faculty of medicine When Arvind Joshi moved to Montreal from Ireland...
July 20, 2013
The Government of Canada announces national and international research teams to study the impact of environmental factors on human health and disease
Ottawa, Ontario (July 10, 2013) –The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today announced that nine teams of researchers have received funding to...
July 12, 2013
CIHR Café scientifique: Fertility, a preoccupation for many Montrealers
Fertility was a preoccupation of Montrealers who attended the CIHR* Café Scientifiqueorganized by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre in...
July 9, 2013
U.S. farm subsidy policies contribute to worsening obesity trends, study concludes
Agricultural subsidies are responsible for making those processed and energy-dense foods that contribute to the American epidemic of obesity the most affordable options...
July 9, 2013
New avenue for improved treatment of cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is caused by a mutation in the gene that encodes a particular protein, known as the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator...
July 8, 2013