One final gift and one urgent challenge: Advancing research on rare cancers

Jerry Pelletier’s Legacy: How a lifetime of science and one final gift are advancing precision cancer care for rare and hard-to-treat cancers Jerry...
February 11, 2026

Triple-negative breast cancer: New blood test may pinpoint which patients need chemo

The research provides new insights into the prognostic value of ctDNA and its ability to guide personalized treatment strategies for triple-negative breast cancer...
February 11, 2026

Studying the melanomas most often overlooked

For decades, melanoma research has largely focused on ultraviolet-driven tumours arising in sun-exposed skin, which predominate in light-skinned populations. As a result, acral...
February 11, 2026

Pan-Canadian Genome Library achieves major national milestone with agreement to integrate >15,000 genomes from HostSeq and BQC19

The Pan-Canadian Genome Library (PCGL), hosted at McGill University, today announced a major milestone in the implementation of Canada’s national genomics infrastructure with the planned integration of...
February 11, 2026

Study suggests protein made in the liver is a key factor in men’s bone health

‘This is another example of how diseases can develop differently between the sexes,’ professor says, highlighting the value of sex-specific research New research...
February 11, 2026

$55.9M in CIHR grants for FMHS research

56 McGill research projects were awarded funding through CIHR’s Fall 2025 Project Grant competition, to support high-potential health research across all areas and...
February 11, 2026

McGill researchers develop quick test that stands to curb antimicrobial resistance

System that can identify bacteria in less than 40 minutes could help physicians prescribe the appropriate antibiotics, amid ongoing urgency of antimicrobial resistance...
February 11, 2026

Finding potential danger signs in young brains

  McGill neuroscientist Cecilia Flores has discovered biomarkers in the blood of adolescents that point to a heightened vulnerability to depression. These biomarkers...
January 28, 2026

Detecting the undetectable

After years of watching patients endure cycles of recurring disease, Dr. Lucy Gilbert set out to change the paradigm of ovarian and uterine...
January 28, 2026

Findings suggest that certain medications for Type 2 diabetes reduce risk of dementia

There is growing evidence that GLP-1 receptor agonists and DPP-4 inhibitors have protective benefits for the brain A large McGill University study has...
January 28, 2026

The Jerry Pelletier Initiative: building a pipeline for rare cancers left behind

In cancer research, progress is often marked by new breakthroughs. New drugs, new biomarkers, new understanding of tumour behaviours. But when diagnosed with...
January 28, 2026

McGill researchers identify a range of unexpected chemical contaminants in human milk

‘Despite these findings, breast milk remains ideal for infants’ An interdisciplinary team including researchers at McGill University has found a range of unexpected...
January 27, 2026