Unlocking the power of our immune systems

Source: Brenda Branswell, McGill News As a young physician in San Francisco early in his career, Don Sheppard was on the front lines of the...
April 27, 2018

Exercise to change the brain

For someone with Parkinson’s disease (PD), the simple desire to grasp a glass of water can become an insurmountable task, made impossible by...
April 25, 2018

Potential gender bias against female researchers in peer review of research grants

Female health researchers who applied for grants were funded less often than male counterparts because of potential bias, found a study in CMAJ...
April 24, 2018

Reducing Surgical Infections to Improve Patient Care

A pioneering study by Infection Prevention and Control Service leads to a dramatic drop in Surgical Side Infections McGill University Health Centre Tucked...
April 17, 2018

Safety concerns over tungsten

Mouse study provides insights into how the metal accumulates in bone tissue McGill Newsroom New research shows how and where tungsten accumulates in...
April 17, 2018

Scientists map important immune system enzyme for the first time

Story by Pippa Wysong. Source: Canadian Light Source    Biochemists from McGill University are getting a good look at just how a specific...
April 10, 2018

Like babies, eggs send signals when hungry

Canadian researchers are decoding the secrets of how ova grow and stay fertile   Source: MUHC Newsroom In humans and other mammals, the...
April 9, 2018

Cracking Eggshell Nanostructure

New discovery could have important implications for food safety Source: McGill Newsroom How is it that fertilized chicken eggs manage to resist fracture...
March 30, 2018

Smoking in patients with heart attack reduced with varenicline

Source: Lady Davis Institute (By Tod Hoffman) In patients who have had a heart attack, the drug varenicline significantly reduced smoking during the following...
March 28, 2018

Use of certain diabetes drugs may be linked to increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease

Source: Lady Davis Institute (By Tod Hoffman) Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors are a relatively new type of diabetes drug that lower high blood...
March 27, 2018

Tackling adherence to treatment on several fronts

  Source: McGill University Health Centre Learning to become self-sufficient and responsible is part of life’s journey through the teen and young adult years....
March 27, 2018

Pushing screening of ovarian and endometrial cancers one step further

  MUHC and Johns Hopkins join forces to develop a new Gene-based screening test using Pap test fluids Source: MUHC Newsroom  A team...
March 22, 2018