/newsroom/taxonomy/term/8486/all en /newsroom/channels/news/what-time-malaria-bearing-mosquito-bites-you-might-make-difference-358318 <p> </p> <p>A discovery by McGill-affiliated researchers could lead to more effective treatment of malaria and other parasitic diseases.</p> <p>When mice are infected in the middle of the night with the parasites causing cerebral malaria, the symptoms of the disease are less severe than for those inflected during the day, and the spread of the parasites within the hosts is more limited, research teams from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, the Douglas Research Centre and the Research Institute of the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Health Centre have discovered.</p> Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:33:25 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 314579 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/meeting-microbe-morning-or-evening-it-all-same-270162 <p>Does the time of day matter when our body is infected by a parasite? According to new research from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, it matters a great deal.</p> Fri, 08 Sep 2017 14:20:21 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 32265 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/targeting-biological-clock-could-slow-progression-cancer-266413 <p>Does the biological clock in cancer cells influence tumour growth? Yes, according to a study conducted by Nicolas Cermakian, a professor in Ï㽶ÊÓƵ’s Department of Psychiatry.</p> <p>Published in the journal <em>BMC Biology</em>, these results show for the first time that directly targeting the biological clock in a cancerous tumour has an impact on its development.</p> Wed, 15 Feb 2017 19:02:51 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26716 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/impact-night-work-our-immune-system-261292 <p><a href="/newsroom"><strong><em>McGill Newsroom</em></strong></a></p> <p><em>Study reveals the impact of night work</em></p> <p>You cross paths with him at the break of dawn in the corridors of the Metro. He looks bleary-eyed and pallid. This worker’s night shift just ended. His body clocks are out of sync with one another, and, imperceptibly, they’re also out of sync with his environment. In the long run, this night owl could be at greater risk of developing cardiovascular, autoimmune diseases or certain types of cancer.</p> Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:22:50 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25958 at /newsroom /newsroom/nicolas-cermakian Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23900 at /newsroom