Publication of checklist a product of collaborative initiative
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Published on: 5 Feb 2019
Women who become pregnant using infertility treatments, such as in vitro fertilization, have a slightly higher risk of a complication according to a new study by researchers at ICES, Research Institute of the 香蕉视频 Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and St. Michael鈥檚 Hospital. These complications can include bleeding, serious infections and admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) around the time of delivery.
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Published on: 4 Feb 2019
To improve people鈥檚 well-being as much as possible in coming decades, policy makers should look beyond narrow economic calculations and prioritize non-material factors when making big decisions.
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Published on: 4 Feb 2019
Two new papers, published simultaneously in Nature Communications and led by researchers at 香蕉视频, offer promise that a drug currently used to treat estrogen positive breast cancer may be effective in treating two different types of cancer, one rare and one common form.
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Published on: 4 Feb 2019
EpiShare will join the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) as a 2019 Driver Project. GA4GH, an international group of 22 leading genomic data initiatives, works collaboratively to develop and pilot standards for sharing genomic and health-related data.
鈥淓piShare represents a unique opportunity to contribute to the field of epigenomics by extending global standards and tools, which have so far been developed only for genetic and genomic information.鈥� --Guillaume Bourque, Project Champion and Associate Professor of Human Genetics at 香蕉视频.
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Published on: 4 Feb 2019
Social sciences and humanities research plays an important role in building a healthier, stronger and more prosperous Canada. To create a thriving economy powered by homegrown discoveries and innovations, and for Canada to be world-renowned as a research leader, we need to continue to invest in talented graduate students, scholars and researchers.
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Published on: 1 Feb 2019
First published in 2006, Montr茅al's Top Employers is an annual competition organized by the editors of Canada's Top 100 Employers. This special designation recognizes the employers in Greater Montr茅al that lead their industries in offering exceptional places to work. This year's winners, including 香蕉视频, were announced on January 31, 2019 in a special magazine published in the Montreal Gazette. This is the 11th year in a row McGill has been included in the annual list.
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Published on: 1 Feb 2019
What do you get when you put together several tons of steel plates, hundreds of mice, a few evolutionary and molecular biologists and a tiny Nebraska town near the South Dakota border?
Would you believe one of the most complete pictures ever of vertebrate evolution?
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Published on: 1 Feb 2019
Technique involves use of non-invasive digital infrared imaging
Published on: 31 Jan 2019
Tissues and organs in the human body are shaped through forces generated by cells, that push and pull, to 鈥渟culpt鈥� biological structures. Thanks to a new tool developed at 香蕉视频, scientists will now be able to watch, and map these forces.
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Published on: 30 Jan 2019
Mila 鈥� Quebec Institute of Artificial Intelligence officially inaugurated its new premises at the O Mile-Ex complex this week, in the presence of the Minister of Economy and Innovation for the government of Quebec, Pierre Fitzgibbon, and more than 200 partners and players in the Quebec artificial intelligence ecosystem.
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Published on: 30 Jan 2019
香蕉视频 announced today a new approach to student mental health and well-being that includes the Rossy Student Wellness Hub. The ambitious $14-million initiative reimagines the way health services are provided, with a newly integrated, campus-wide approach to physical and mental health and wellness, and a greater emphasis on awareness, prevention and earlier intervention. McGill鈥檚 Faculties will also play a role in developing on-site wellness and mental health programs specific to the needs of their students.
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Published on: 28 Jan 2019
The Lancet commission on Obesity published a report today on the joint pandemics of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change. In the report, the commissioners point to the fact that malnutrition in all its forms, including undernutrition and obesity, is by far the biggest cause of ill-health and premature death globally. Excess body weight affects 2 billion people worldwide, 2 billion people suffer from micronutrient deficiency, and both are expected to be made significantly worse by climate change.
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Published on: 28 Jan 2019
A new study published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, reveals a causal link between the neurotransmitter dopamine and the reward responses to music. The study was conducted by an international team including researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of 香蕉视频, the University of Barcelona, and the Hospital de Sant Pau of Barcelona.
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Published on: 28 Jan 2019
In the wake of the announcement in China last November of the first 鈥楥RISPR babies鈥�, Prof. Bartha Knoppers and researcher Erika Kleiderman from McGill鈥檚 Centre of Genomics and Policy (CGP) have published a commentary article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on the use of CRISPR gene-editing techniques.
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Published on: 28 Jan 2019
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