Stroke: not on women’s radars

While women are overrepresented in many major neurological disorders, most don’t know they’re at risk Would you be surprised to learn that stroke...
March 10, 2022

Beyond basic research: Coming to grips with a rare disease experience

Alexandre Grant is a trainee in the Translational Research in Respiratory Diseases Program at the RI-MUHC To honour Rare Disease Day on February...
March 10, 2022

Galenvs Sciences Inc. and the FEMR at McGill University Announce Partnership Agreement

McGill University’s Facility for Electron Microscopy Research (FEMR) and Galenvs Sciences Inc. (Galenvs), a leader in the field of magnetic nanoparticle research and...
March 10, 2022

A leap forward for rare disease

Targeted treatments for Myasthenia Gravis are finally offering new options for individuals with this neuromuscular disorder By definition, a rare disease affects only...
March 10, 2022

Artificial intelligence tutoring outperforms expert instructors in neurosurgical training

Machine learning algorithms enhanced technical performance and learning outcomes during simulated brain tumour removal The COVID-19 pandemic has presented both challenges and opportunities...
February 24, 2022

CTN study tests new drug for the first time in people living with HIV

Postdoc Léna Royston aims to understand how cytomegalovirus infection can increase inflammation and cause health issues Checking emails during a meeting, cleaning the...
February 24, 2022

Grid cells and the spatial memory deficit in Alzheimer’s disease

A new approach to assess the early development and future therapies for the disease A brand-new study, published in the prestigious journal Nature...
February 18, 2022

Promising new approach to rebuild bone tissue

Yiwen Chen and Professor Marta Cerruti Over the last 30 years, the scientific community has been working to develop a synthetic alternative to...
February 17, 2022

Prioritizing supports to specific neighbourhoods is key to curbing COVID-19 transmission

Pandemic hotspots in Canadian cities linked to income, occupation, and structural racism The COVID-19 pandemic has uneven impacts across cities and provinces, with...
February 17, 2022

$1.125 million investment to advance understanding, diagnosis and treatment of ALS

In partnership with Brain Canada Foundation, ALS Canada Research Program awards nine Discovery Grants With promising new therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)...
February 17, 2022

RI-MUHC team uncovers new mechanism of inflammation in muscular dystrophy

First author and postdoctoral fellow Salyan Bhattarai, PhD (left), and last author Basil J. Petrof, MD, senior scientist in the Translational Research in...
February 17, 2022

McGill Investigator to search for links between obesity and liver metastases in patients with breast cancer

Lawrence Kazak, PhD, an adipocyte biology specialist and assistant professor at the Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Institute is hoping to shed new...
February 11, 2022