Study to explore e-cigarettes as smoking cessation tool

Participants sought for clinical study Despite the well-established risks of smoking, it continues to contribute to the death of more than 37,000 Canadians...
December 8, 2016

New marker identified for pancreatic cancer

Breakthrough has potential to help diagnose deadly disease at earlier stage Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Due to its...
December 1, 2016

Do nights, weekends affect survival after pediatric cardiac arrest in hospital?

For hospitalized children, the rate of surviving to discharge was lower for those who had cardiac arrest with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at night...
December 1, 2016

Gene discovered to cause rare, severe neurological disease

Epileptic encephalopathy linked to protein trafficking gene By Shawn Hayward, The Neuro Researchers have linked a debilitating neurological disease in children to mutations...
December 1, 2016

Anti-cancer agent mechanism for high activity and low neurotoxicity published by McGill researchers

Diazon Pharmaceuticals Inc. last week announced the publication of a preclinical oncology study identifying the novel mechanism of action of its new synthetic diazonamide...
November 24, 2016

Opioid use drops after active treatment, but most older patients with breast cancer continue treatment for distress and anxiety into survivorship

Courtesy of the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (JNCCN) As reported in JNCCN, a recent study from McGill University shows that...
November 23, 2016

New study sheds light on antibody development

Findings have potential impact on vaccine design Antibodies protect us from infection by binding themselves to pathogens and labeling them for destruction by...
November 23, 2016

Our sense of smell is influenced by culture

By Shawn Hayward When two people smell the same thing, they can have remarkably different reactions, depending on their cultural background. Researchers at...
November 23, 2016

A race against time to diagnose deadly weight loss in cancer patients

From MUHC Newsroom MUHC researchers hope to save lives by giving doctors a tool to diagnose cachexia – a serious health condition associated...
November 4, 2016

Researchers identify gene associated with intracranial aneurysm in French-Canadian population

By Shawn Hayward, The Neuro Scientists have identified a gene in the French-Canadian population that predisposes them to the development of intracranial aneurysm...
November 1, 2016

McGill International TB Centre Contributes to first Primer on Tuberculosis in Nature Reviews Disease Primers

At the start of the 47th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Liverpool, UK, an international group of top TB experts from...
October 27, 2016

A key to unlocking the mystery of triple negative breast cancer

RI-MUHC research could lead to new breast cancer treatments linked to prolactin receptor A study conducted at the Research Institute of the McGill...
October 27, 2016