/newsroom/taxonomy/term/2479/all en /newsroom/channels/news/two-mcgill-professors-lead-new-stand-cancer-canada-metastatic-breast-cancer-dream-team-299423 <p>Marc Miller, Member of Parliament (Ville-Marie–Le Sud-Ouest–Île-des-SÅ“urs, Quebec) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, on behalf of the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, announced today at McGill an investment of up to $6 million for a scientific task force of top researchers to develop new and improved approaches to cancer treatment and care. The funding will be distributed over four years to the new pan-Canadian program, the Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) Canada Metastatic Breast Cancer Dream Team.</p> Fri, 09 Aug 2019 14:01:38 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 185734 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/aacr-announces-new-editors-chief-cancer-prevention-research-288245 <p><span>PHILADELPHIA — The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is pleased to announce the appointments of Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhD, and <strong>Michael N. Pollak</strong>, MD, as editors-in-chief of Cancer Prevention Research, one of eight highly esteemed journals published by the AACR. DuBois and Pollak began their tenures as editors-in-chief July 1, 2018.</span></p> Thu, 26 Jul 2018 16:55:10 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 63159 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/globe-and-mail-could-your-diabetes-medication-be-next-anti-aging-pill-287966 <p>Scientists studying metformin say the generic drug slows the ‘burn rate’ in living cells in ways that increase longevity. […] Metformin, by contrast, has both an enviable safety profile and a decades-long history of human use, said Dr. Michael Pollak, director of cancer prevention in the department of oncology at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. […] <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/article-could-your-diabetes-medication-be-the-next-anti-aging-pill/">Read more</a></p> Mon, 09 Jul 2018 19:16:42 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 55242 at /newsroom /newsroom/michael-pollak Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 22840 at /newsroom