Research
Genetics: no evidence of role in racial mortality gap
Despite numerous genomic studies, evidence for a genetic contribution to cardiovascular disease disparities in blacks versus whites provide little insight There is still...
March 19, 2015
Confident? Your voice gives you away in milliseconds
New research by Xiaoming Jiang and Marc Pell from the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, published in the most recent issue of the...
March 11, 2015
Brain development controlled by epigenetic factor
Research into hippocampus has implications for learning and memory McGill researchers have discovered, for the first time, the importance of a key epigenetic...
March 11, 2015
Honey, I shrunk the ants: how environment controls size
Ground breaking epigenetics research has implications for everything from cancer to farming Until now scientists have believed that the variations in traits such...
March 11, 2015
$41 million to unlock the mysteries of aging
Two Quebec universities play a key role in pan-Canadian study It’s hard to predict what the next 20 years have in store for...
March 9, 2015
Most information in drug development is lost
“Stalled drugs” are drugs that fail to make it to the market either because they prove to be ineffective or unsafe or both....
March 9, 2015
Breakthrough in understanding how cancer cells metastasize
Montreal Neurological Institute scientists discover a new mechanism driving spread of cancer A protein commonly found in human cells could be an important...
February 26, 2015
Communicating emotions
Facial expression more important to conveying emotion in music than in speech Video used in an experiment designed to assess the role played by facial expressions...
February 25, 2015
Deconstructing mental illness through ultradian rhythms
Might living a structured life with regularly established meal times and early bedtimes lead to a better life and perhaps even prevent the...
February 23, 2015
Epigenetic study tabs genes linked to allergies, asthma
Findings could provide targets for drugs to treat these conditions Researchers from Canada, the UK, Sweden and the US have discovered more than...
February 20, 2015
Can you judge a man by his fingers?
Study finds link between relative lengths of index and ring fingers in men and behaviour towards women Maybe you should take a good...
February 18, 2015
Revolutionary new probe zooms in on cancer cells
Improves tumour surgeries and extends survival times for brain cancer patients VIDEO: http://bit.ly/1EYjsTV MONTREAL – Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - Brain...
February 11, 2015