Research
McGill researchers make Québec Science Top Ten
Annual list of top discoveries includes a new treatment for breast cancer, softer brain implants, and the science of ugly flowers. Scientists affiliated with McGill were once...
January 13, 2022
McGill team’s index predicts coma recovery with 100% accuracy: preliminary study
New Adaptive Reconfiguration Index has crucial implications for clinical management and decision-making in unconscious and unresponsive brain-injured patients McGill-led team has developed a...
December 9, 2021
Multiplexed technologies are paving the way to rapid and equitable screening for sexually transmitted infections
Work by RI-MUHC postdoc Angela Karellis published in The Lancet Microbe will impact worldwide guidelines for rapid multiplexed testing Multiplexed rapid technologies are...
December 9, 2021
FANCI: a new gene at the origin of some cases of ovarian cancer
Researchers link for the first time mutations in the FANCI gene to the risk of developing ovarian cancer Ovarian cancer affects approximately 3000...
December 9, 2021
PhD candidate wins prestigious Mitacs award for outstanding innovation
Prisca Bustamante recognized for developing world’s first non-invasive blood screening test for early detection of eye cancer Every day, Prisca Bustamante wakes up...
December 9, 2021
New Study Explores Medical Cannabis Use Among Canadian Veterans
CannCorps, an ongoing study of cannabis use among Canadian Veterans, led by researchers at McGill University has revealed some important findings after less...
December 9, 2021
McGill PhD student Joseph Therriault named Forbes “30 under 30”
Joseph Therriault, a McGill PhD student working on early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, is one of Forbes Magazine’s "30 under 30" – an...
December 3, 2021
The quest for relief
Investigators at McGill’s Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain hope to find answers for the millions of Canadians affected by chronic pain....
December 2, 2021
The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging targets brain health
Thanks to the Weston Family Foundation, the CLSA will employ MRI imaging and microbiome analyses to investigate cognitive aging As a proud partner...
December 2, 2021
Infection and Immunity Week: at the intersection of innovation and diversity
From November 29 to December 3, the McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4) community of researchers will gather during Infection and...
November 25, 2021
Made in Quebec: Illuminating hidden brain cancer cells
Montreal-based Reveal Surgical has developed a hand-held light probe that helps find the hidden cancer cells that most brain surgeries miss t's a...
November 25, 2021
RI-MUHC study shows impact of combinatorial immunotherapy on an aggressive cancer
Study authors Masakazu Hashimoto, Stephanie Perrino, Andrew M. Lowy and Pnina Brodt A combinatorial immunotherapy may provide significant therapeutic benefit in managing pancreatic...
November 25, 2021