Research
Can 3D printers help find a cure for cancer?
McGill Innovation Fund team TissueTinker is reimagining how we test cancer therapies with customizable, human-relevant 3D bio-printed tumour models that replicate human tissue....
June 30, 2025
Think you know how to dispose of your lab waste? Think again
In response to community concerns, McGill expands recycling and composting opportunities, issues new guidelines. If you work in a McGill laboratory and have...
June 30, 2025
First patients in Canada enrolled in global radioligand therapy trial for metastatic cancer
One year after becoming the first centre in Canada to open a clinical trial of a radioligand therapy for metastatic prostate cancer, the...
June 12, 2025
Human genetics professor receives Banting Discovery Award
Sirui Zhou, Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Genetics, has been awarded a prestigious 2025 Banting Discovery Foundation’s Discovery Award. The award...
June 11, 2025
Clinical research on psychedelics gets a boost from new study
Consensus on how mindset and surroundings shape therapy outcomes is an important step toward regulatory approval for use of drugs like MDMA and...
June 11, 2025
Better breathing, better treatment for COPD
New research from researchers at The Institute finds that nearly a third of patients with COPD are at risk of using inhalers ill-suited...
June 11, 2025
Researchers uncover novel immune mechanism that protects the intestine
By studying intestinal worms, scientists from The Institute make a breakthrough in gut immunity—opening the door to improved treatments for global digestive disorders....
June 11, 2025
Climate is changing health—McGill’s new centre is responding
Led by Professors Jill Baumgartner and Scott Weichenthal, the McGill Centre for Climate Change and Health brings together top researchers, students, policymakers and...
June 11, 2025
Excellence in basic science research June 6: Non-Genomic Strategies for Disrupting Diffuse Midline Glioma, with neuropathologist Cynthia Hawkins
Featuring renowned neuropathologist and expert in pediatric brain tumours, Cynthia Hawkins, this talk is part of the McGill Department of Pathology’s Academic Scientific...
May 28, 2025
Biological markers for teen depression
Researchers’ breakthrough could provide a more objective, earlier way to identify adolescents at risk and to predict how their symptoms will progress over...
May 28, 2025
Study links dementia care gaps in Quebec to socio-economic status
McGill research informs policy-makers’ plan to make dementia care more equitable. A new study has found stark differences in the dementia care received...
May 28, 2025
McGill researchers lead project to reform youth mental health care in Canada
Novel program improves access and cuts delays, including for Indigenous and underserved youths, study finds. New data from a national project led by...
May 28, 2025
