Research

The CRISPR/Cas9 gene‐editing platform may need a little bit more tweaking before it can be used as an effective antiviral, reports a study...

By Cynthia Lee, McGill Newsroom ​Family and community involvement key in empowering students to make healthier choices regarding their sleep Elementary school-age children who...

By Shawn Hayward, Montreal Neurological Institute Discovery will inform further research into hearing disorders and brain training Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and...

Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research  A study conducted at the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital revealed that pioglitazone is...

By Cynthia Lee, McGill Newsroom McGill, UCLA study of low- and middle-income countries shows paid maternity leave policies could help prevent infant deaths For...

McGill Newsroom Canadian drug safety network provides reassuring evidence regarding risk of heart failure of anti-diabetes medications Incretin-based drugs, a type of medication...

By Shawn Hayward Fifty Montreal-area high school students put their neurons and synapses to work on March 15 answering questions on … neurons...

From the MUHC Newsroom Montreal, March 11 2016 — Millions of people today take statins to help lower their cholesterol level. Currently statins...

RI-MUHC team receives a $648,239 grant for their eHealth innovative project By Julie Robert Hip fractures are one of the most common injuries...

New study sheds light on the workings of brain neurotransmitter receptors Surprisingly complex interactions between neurotransmitter receptors and other key proteins help explain...

Canada’s national drug safety network conducted the largest study ever to determine whether incretin-based drugs are associated with pancreatic cancer. Researchers concluded that...

Montreal scientists unveil a key mechanism that could improve brain function A research team, led by the Research Institute of the McGill University...