Research
Vitamin D may not protect against COVID-19, as previously suggested
Source: McGill Newsroom Increasing vitamin D levels does not protect against COVID-19 susceptibility and severity While previous research early in the pandemic suggested...
June 10, 2021
Best-ever showing for Faculty researchers in latest FRQS competition
McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences researchers were awarded 51 Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS) salary awards in...
June 3, 2021
Similar to editing a film, mRNA splicing allows cancer cells to change the narrative
Researchers identify mechanism that offers potential to new therapeutic avenues McGill researchers are part of a new study led by the University of...
June 2, 2021
Sharing discoveries and building connections
Highlights from the 2021 Research Day Symposium By Marie Moucarry, Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre On May 6 and 7,...
May 27, 2021
New MS research at The Neuro examines a promising avenue to slow disease progression
By Sophie Lorenzo, The Neuro Researchers at the Clinical Research Unit of The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) are among the first in Montreal...
May 27, 2021
Why social support matters: New study reveals a structural and functional signature in the brains of individuals lacking regular social support
Source: MILA Canada CIFAR AI Chair Danilo Bzdok, researcher at the Neuro and Mila – Quebec AI Institute, and colleagues uncovered brain substrates...
May 19, 2021
Neuropsychiatric symptoms may be tied to presence of tau in the brain
Discovery may help in the development of targeted therapeutics Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by the accumulation in the brain of the amyloid and...
May 19, 2021
Of concern
McGill researchers take a leading role in Canada's new Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network, which aims to track and monitor harmful coronavirus variants...
May 19, 2021
New guidance released for individuals with gene variants related to increased risk of breast, pancreatic and ovarian cancers
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has released an important new clinical practice resource from a global team of specialists...
May 13, 2021
A sweet solution to hard brain implants
Study uses sugar to make and deliver pudding-like brain implants that reduce foreign body response Brain implants are used to treat neurological dysfunction,...
May 13, 2021
Study shows how our brains sync hearing with vision
To make sense of complex environments, brain waves constantly adapt, compensating for drastically different sound and vision processing speeds Every high-school physics student...
May 13, 2021
The Gnotobiotic Research Platform is open for business
The RI-MUHC and McGill University form a hub to integrate microbiome research activities Source: RI-MUHC. The Gnotobiotic Research Platform, under the leadership of Irah...
April 28, 2021