Research

Canadian scientists take a step forward in the fight against microbial armour‎ By McGill Newsroom Have you ever heard of biofilms? They are...

Study could help shed light on genetic diseases Picture a house. To maintain its structural integrity and stability requires a solid load-bearing frame...

New study hints at the role of estrogen in graft success and suggests that patients could benefit from personalized immunosuppression strategies From McGill...

By Meaghan Thurston, McGill Reporter In 2015, The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) announced $41 million to the Canadian Longitudinal Study on...

Non-dependent users also experience dopamine release in response to drug cues From McGill Newsroom Even among non-dependent cocaine users, cues associated with consumption...

By Gillian Woodford In a field with few silver bullets, Dr. Kevin Petrecca has gotten pretty good at finding silver linings. The neurosurgeon...

By Annette Mahon Growing up as a bilingual child, Dr. Elin Thordardottir, Professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at McGill...

By Philip Fine A McGill biomedical engineer is designing a novel drug-testing platform for Cystic Fibrosis compounds by trying to solve a conundrum:...

Microglia, critical to Alzheimer’s research, can now be produced artificially From The Neuro The quest for better understanding of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has...

May is Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Awareness Month. CF is a multi-organ genetic disease that particularly affects the lungs, which see a gradual decline...

Dr. Sylvie Lambert, Assistant Professor, Ingram School of Nursing, McGill Faculty of Medicine, is one of eleven women recently awarded a Canada Research...

Having an underactive thyroid gland, a condition known as hypothyroidism, is a common disorder that affects an estimated 2% of Canadians.  In most...