/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9589/all en /newsroom/channels/news/more-convenient-and-accessible-way-diagnose-alzheimers-disease-347880 <p>Despite extensive research and encouraging findings, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) remains difficult to diagnose based on signs and symptoms alone. But what if one day, a blood sample during an annual check-up could be used to identify the disease? A <a href="https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/alz.13026">recent McGill-led study</a> has found that a new kind of blood test is as effective at detecting AD as lumbar punctures, one of the current methods used to diagnose AD.</p> Thu, 20 Apr 2023 13:46:35 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 298503 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/towards-new-era-small-animal-imaging-research-297501 <p>Have you ever spent half an hour trying to take the best photo of your pets but they won't stay still in the perfect angle? This is also true for small animal imaging research using positron emission tomography (PET). Because of this, the use of anesthesia is a widespread practice in animal imaging. It’s one of the biggest limitations to imaging studies because anesthesia alters the animal’s normal physiological state, blurring the answers to the questions that many researchers have been asking.</p> Thu, 30 May 2019 14:40:08 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 165931 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/not-being-aware-memory-problems-predicts-onset-alzheimers-disease-285116 <p>Doctors who work with individuals at risk of developing dementia have long suspected that patients who do not realize they experience memory problems are at greater risk of seeing their condition worsen in a short time frame, a suspicion that now has been confirmed by a team of Ï㽶ÊÓƵ clinician scientists.</p> Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:02:05 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 32964 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-contribute-three-10-discoveries-year-selected-quebec-science-2017-283612 <p>Québec Science magazine has selected its <a href="http://www.quebecscience.qc.ca/10-decouvertes-2017/decouverte2017#votez_maintenant">10 Discoveries of the Year</a> for 2017, including three involving McGill researchers. The annual list has highlighted top scientific research from across Quebec for the past 25 years, and McGill has been cited more than any other institution during that quarter-century.</p> <p>Here are the selected discoveries involving McGill scientists for the past year:</p> Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:20:56 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 32816 at /newsroom