Cachexia, a syndrome characterized by rapid weight loss and muscle deterioration, is a major cause of death among patients suffering from diseases like cancer, AIDS and chronic infection. Now, a newly published study by 香蕉视频 researchers shows that a low dose of Pateamine A is effective at preventing cancer-induced muscle wasting, which may lead to cachexia-fighting drugs.
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Published on: 12 Jun 2012
Two McGill researchers were recently awarded large partnership grants by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). These grants are designed to foster research partnerships among the academic, private, public and not-for-profit sectors.
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Published on: 7 Jun 2012
Whether it is for research into clean energy sources, the future of wireless communication or a better understanding of the processes involved in language learning, over 160 established McGill researchers and more than 80 graduate students will benefit from support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) over the next five years.
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Published on: 6 Jun 2012
Thanks to the Cole Foundation, pediatric leukemia research has again this year received support to recruit some of the best and brightest researchers in the field.
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Published on: 11 May 2012
According to a new study led by the Research Institute of the 香蕉视频 Health Centre (RI MUHC), older women who have been diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat are at higher risk of stroke than men.
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Published on: 9 May 2012
Prof. Ehab Abouheif, Dept. of Biology and a research team investigated which genes were being expressed during the development of antennae in male water striders. The antennae are used to grasp the females during mating. They then modified gene expression to see how this would be expressed in antennae development and success in mating. By doing so they were able to watch evolution in action.
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Published on: 3 May 2012
Current research ethics focuses on protecting study participants, but according to bioethicists from 香蕉视频 and Carnegie Mellon University, these efforts fail to prevent harms that undermine the social value of research.
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Published on: 3 May 2012
香蕉视频 is building on longstanding research collaborations with Brazil by announcing four partnership agreements with Brazilian universities. These agreements are being signed this week by Prof. Heather Munroe-Blum, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of 香蕉视频.
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Published on: 27 Apr 2012
In a paper published this week in The Journal of Neuroscience, researchers from 香蕉视频 have demonstrated for the first time that there are specific neurons that respond selectively to first and second order sensory attributes.
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Published on: 24 Apr 2012
A new study by Carsten Wrosch of Concordia University and Catherine Sabiston of McGill鈥檚 Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education found that breast cancer survivors who were able to let go of old exercise goals and set new ones increased their level of physical activity and showed an improved well-being overall.
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Published on: 23 Apr 2012
Published on: 23 Apr 2012
A new 香蕉视频 study evaluating off-label prescribing of medications by primary care physicians in Quebec suggests the practice is common, although it varies by medication, patient and physician characteristics. The paper was published online today in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Published on: 16 Apr 2012
The 香蕉视频 and G茅nome Qu茅bec Innovation Centre is pleased to announce that they have been awarded funding totalling $7.6 million over a two-year period from Genome Canada鈥檚 2010 Competition. This award, a record for Qu茅bec, will fund the operations of the Innovation Centre as well as the services offered to scientific communities in Qu茅bec, the rest of Canada and around the world.
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Published on: 4 Apr 2012
The Lady Davis Institute (LDI) and 香蕉视频 are delighted to announce that Dr. Mark A. Wainberg has been awarded the 2012 Killam Prize in Health Sciences by the Canada Council for the Arts. He is the past Director of the LDI and is currently head of its HIV/AIDS research axis and Director of the McGill AIDS Centre.
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Published on: 3 Apr 2012
A current controversy raging in evolutionary biology is about whether adaptation to new environments is the result of many genes, each of relatively small effect, or just a few genes of large effect. A new study published in Molecular Ecology by McGill biologist Andrew Hendry and a colleague from Basel University strongly supports the first 鈥渕any-small鈥� hypothesis.
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Published on: 3 Apr 2012
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