Dr. Kevin Petrecca’s brilliant hopes for brain cancer

By Gillian Woodford In a field with few silver bullets, Dr. Kevin Petrecca has gotten pretty good at finding silver linings. The neurosurgeon...
May 25, 2017

Opening a Window of Understanding on Language

By Annette Mahon Growing up as a bilingual child, Dr. Elin Thordardottir, Professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at McGill...
May 25, 2017

Making cells feel at home

By Philip Fine A McGill biomedical engineer is designing a novel drug-testing platform for Cystic Fibrosis compounds by trying to solve a conundrum:...
May 25, 2017

Turning skin cells into brain cells

Microglia, critical to Alzheimer’s research, can now be produced artificially From The Neuro The quest for better understanding of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has...
May 19, 2017

CF drugs are costly but hope can be found in the pipeline

May is Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Awareness Month. CF is a multi-organ genetic disease that particularly affects the lungs, which see a gradual decline...
May 19, 2017

Empowering patients and their families when severe illness strikes: Dr. Sylvie Lambert’s Canada Research Chair

Dr. Sylvie Lambert, Assistant Professor, Ingram School of Nursing, McGill Faculty of Medicine, is one of eleven women recently awarded a Canada Research...
May 19, 2017

Unlocking the mystery of hypothyroidism

Having an underactive thyroid gland, a condition known as hypothyroidism, is a common disorder that affects an estimated 2% of Canadians.  In most...
May 19, 2017

Diabetes drug may help symptoms of autism-associated condition

Metformin shows promise to treat Fragile X syndrome, an inherited form of intellectual disability From McGill Newsroom Metformin, the most widely used drug...
May 16, 2017

Heightened risk of heart attacks found with common painkillers in routine use

Study finds that higher risk of heart attack with common painkillers depends on dose and arises early Doctors and patients urged to weigh...
May 11, 2017

New hope in the fight against superbugs

Discovery could lead to the design of next-generation antibiotics   Antibiotic resistance is a growing global health threat.  So much so that a...
May 2, 2017

Improving the efficacy of drug development: Another milestone agreement for biosensor technology

Biosensor technology co-developed by Dr. Stéphane Laporte, a scientist at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), and Dr. Michel...
April 28, 2017

Patients in team-based practices less likely to visit emergency departments after hospital discharge: Quebec study

Older patients enrolled in team-based primary care practices in Quebec had similar rates of hospital readmission, and lower rates of emergency department visits and...
April 24, 2017