/newsroom/taxonomy/term/2426/all en /newsroom/vincent-mooser Wed, 04 Oct 2023 03:36:34 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 307383 at /newsroom /newsroom/sara-mahshid Fri, 18 Dec 2020 19:10:02 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 253785 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/ctv-news-mcgill-university-researchers-discover-way-fight-brain-tumours-resistance-therapy-323829 <p>New findings out of McGill University in Montreal have revealed a potential way to overcome aggressive brain tumours' resistance to therapy: by deleting a specific gene. Researchers have long been searching for ways to treat Glioblastomas – the most stubborn type of brain tumour – as they’re well known for their resistance to treatment. A few years back, they were able to confirm the key role a gene called the OSMR gene plays in the process of brain cancer growth.</p> Thu, 20 Aug 2020 19:41:20 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 235356 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/lancet-history-medical-mask-and-rise-throwaway-culture-322501 <p><strong>Thomas Schlich</strong>, James McGill Professor in the History of Medicine, co-authored this research with Bruno J. Strasser from the University of Geneva. </p> Fri, 29 May 2020 17:13:08 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 213487 at /newsroom /newsroom/chen-liang Wed, 01 Apr 2020 01:25:35 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 205813 at /newsroom /newsroom/jean-marc-troquet Thu, 05 Dec 2019 19:25:31 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 190108 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/rare-mutation-gene-carried-quebec-family-gives-insight-how-brain-wired-287745 <p>The study of a Québec family with an unusual gene provides novel insight into how our brain is built and, according to the McGill led team of scientists, offers a better understanding of psychiatric disorders such as depression, addictions and schizophrenia.</p> <p>Very little is known about how the human brain wires itself. Mouse studies conducted by Cecilia Flores, Professor in McGill’s Department of Psychiatry, have previously shown that the gene, <em>DCC</em>, helps dopamine producing cells in the developing adolescent brain make specific connections.</p> Mon, 18 Jun 2018 14:24:27 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 46329 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/unusual-lung-structures-may-raise-risk-pulmonary-disease-284407 <p><span>The internal anatomy of our lungs is surprisingly variable, and some of those variations are associated with a greater risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a new study led by researchers at McGill University and the </span><a href="http://newsroom.cumc.columbia.edu/blog/2018/01/20/one-in-four-have-unusual-lungs-and-that-may-raise-lung-disease-risk/">Columbia University Irving Medical Center</a><span> has found.</span></p> Thu, 01 Feb 2018 20:27:41 +0000 nathan.menezes@mail.mcgill.ca 32921 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/cbc-medicine-calling-not-business-henry-mintzberg-284488 <p>Henry Mintzberg says we need to approach challenges in the field of health care in a radically different way.</p> <p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/the-sunday-edition-february-4-2018-1.4516513/medicine-is-a-calling-not-a-business-henry-mintzberg-1.4516553">CBC</a></p> Mon, 05 Feb 2018 17:55:18 +0000 nathan.menezes@mail.mcgill.ca 32935 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/identification-new-gene-causing-scoliosis-and-bone-malformations-282394 <p>A unique collaboration among Shriners Hospital for Children – Canada, CHU Sainte-Justine and McGill University has enabled researchers to identify genetic mutations involved in a rare disease that causes scoliosis and bone malformations.</p> <p>The findings, published in <em>The American Journal of Human Genetics,</em> are likely to help doctors recognize the genetic disease, and could someday lead to therapies for the condition.</p> Thu, 02 Nov 2017 16:53:22 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32634 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/new-mechanism-detected-alzheimers-disease-276135 <p><em>By Chris Chipello</em></p> <p>McGill University researchers have discovered a cellular mechanism that may contribute to the breakdown of communication between neurons in Alzheimer’s disease.</p> Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:02:42 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32382 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/new-hope-fight-against-superbugs-267996 <p><span>Antibiotic resistance is a growing global health threat. So much so that a 2014 study commissioned by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom predicted that, if the problem is left unchecked, in less than 35 years more people will die from antibiotic resistant superbugs than from cancer. It is critical that researchers develop new antibiotics informed by knowledge of how superbugs are resistant to this medication.</span></p> Wed, 03 May 2017 19:16:34 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 28062 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-ranked-worlds-3rd-best-university-study-anatomy-physiology-266801 <p>McGill University is the world’s third-best university for the study of Anatomy & Physiology, behind only the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, according to the 2017 QS World University Rankings by Subject. </p> <p>The seventh edition of QS Quacquarelli Symonds’s analysis of subject-specific university performance, released today, lists the world’s best universities for the study of 46 different subjects. Anatomy & Physiology is one of four new subject categories introduced in this year’s listing.</p> Tue, 07 Mar 2017 20:54:58 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 26757 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/4-week-prehabilitation-prepares-cancer-patients-surgery-264561 <p><span>Just four weeks of prehabilitation (pre-surgery preparation) may be enough to help some cancer patients get in shape for surgery. That’s according to a recent study of close to 120 colorectal cancer patients in Montreal. This potentially means that, barring unforeseen circumstances that stem from the surgery itself, their recovery is likely to be speedier too, according to earlier research from the same McGill-led team.</span></p> Wed, 30 Nov 2016 22:01:09 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 26459 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/why-some-dental-implants-work-and-others-dont-263643 <p>Each year, about 500,000 North Americans get dental implants. If you are one of them, and are preparing to have an implant, it might be a good idea to start taking beta blockers, medication that controls high blood pressure, for a while. And to stop taking heartburn pills.</p> <p>A body of research from McGill led-teams indicates that in order to raise the odds that dental implants will attach properly, there are clear benefits to taking certain common medications and avoiding others.</p> <p><strong>Bone cell growth, healing and death</strong></p> Mon, 24 Oct 2016 16:49:59 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26319 at /newsroom