‘Heart-in-a-dish’ paves way for personalized treatment for heart failure

Findings, while preliminary, ‘could help improve our understanding of differences in heart disease between women and men that have long been understudied,’ researcher...
November 4, 2026

Eight Canada Research Chairs awarded to FMHS

The Government of Canada has awarded McGill $19 million in funding to support 19 researchers - eight of them in the Faculty of...
November 4, 2026

Half of young adults with type 2 diabetes reach remission through diet and exercise

Meal replacements and supervised workouts helped adults under 45 reverse their diabetes, while holding on to muscle More than half of young adults...
November 3, 2026

GCHM fall 2026 graduates share how the program fit their needs and advanced their career

On Monday, October 19, sixteen Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Management (GCHM) students walked the stage at convocation. As new alumni, four students reflected...
October 30, 2026

Advancing targeted therapies for brain tumours

For the first time, a targeted therapy specifically designed for a key subtype of tumours is demonstrating meaningful clinical impact. “We finally have...
October 30, 2026

New treatment approach shows promise in reducing prostate cancer spread

Early results from an international study of more than 1,100 patients point to a potential new standard of care Adding darolutamide to standard...
October 30, 2026

Several schizophrenia symptoms linked to a single brain signal

Brain imaging study finds a common thread, may aid in identifying those at high risk of psychosis and provide a future treatment target...
October 30, 2026

Discovery of a potential new vehicle for cancer spread

The discovery of MoVes, a new type of extracellular vesicles containing DNA from migrating cancer cells, could provide valuable insights into how cancer...
October 30, 2026

Discovery could help predict which early breast cancers will spread

The immune system has bigger role in driving breast cancer progression than previously thought, study suggests Immune cells that normally protect the body...
October 21, 2026

Study identifies genes that act as natural brakes on triple-negative breast cancer spread

Researchers uncover biological mechanisms that help prevent triple-negative breast cancer from spreading and show that restoring their activity reduced metastasis in preclinical models. In...
October 21, 2026

Charles Couturier wins Marathon of Hope Clinician-Scientist Award for brain tumour research

2026 Marathon of Hope Clinician-Scientist Award will support research into overcoming immune resistance to brain tumour treatment Charles Couturier, Assistant Professor in the...
October 20, 2026

Survival mechanism in the brain may help explain PTSD

Surprising finding about memories of danger and safety could ‘reshape how scientists think about trauma’ A surprising feature of how the brain stores...
October 20, 2026

What makes us human? A first atlas of functional DNA changes offers new clues

Researchers identify evolutionary DNA changes that shaped the human skeleton and may help explain degenerative skeletal diseases, such as osteoarthritis A new genetic...
October 20, 2026

Pain peaks earlier in life than might have been expected, global study finds

Women report more pain than do men, and people in less-industrialized countries face a heavier burden than do those in other countries People...
October 20, 2026