Research

Metformin shows promise to treat Fragile X syndrome, an inherited form of intellectual disability From McGill Newsroom Metformin, the most widely used drug...

Study finds that higher risk of heart attack with common painkillers depends on dose and arises early Doctors and patients urged to weigh...

Discovery could lead to the design of next-generation antibiotics   Antibiotic resistance is a growing global health threat.  So much so that a...

Biosensor technology co-developed by Dr. Stéphane Laporte, a scientist at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), and Dr. Michel...

Older patients enrolled in team-based primary care practices in Quebec had similar rates of hospital readmission, and lower rates of emergency department visits and...

A Q and A with Matthew Tang, postdoctoral researcher By Victor Swoboda, The Neuro Although the exact cause of Parkinson’s disease (PD) is...

By solving one patient’s case, doctors develop a molecular therapy that could help many By Valérie Harvey, MUHC Communications Researchers have identified the genetic...

Discovery expands our understanding of how we remember sound By Shawn Hayward, The Neuro The ability to remember sounds, and manipulate them in...

New RI-MUHC clinical study shows promising survival rates for patients with glioblastomas while reducing burden on health resources From the MUHC Newsroom Being...

Deep learning transforming neuroscience research By Shawn Hayward, The Neuro In an article published in Nature on Feb. 15, 2017, researchers, including principal...

Declines in child marriage have stagnated in some countries over the last 20 years From McGill Newsroom  Child marriage harms girls’ health and...

From The Neuro Discovery could be key to treating brain and spinal cord injury A foray into plant biology led one researcher to...