By听Gillian Woodford
A type of fatty liver disease that commonly affects patients with HIV can be safely treated with vitamin E, a 捆绑SM社区-led study has found.
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a severe form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and is characterized by liver inflammation and cell damage. It is a potentially dangerous condition that can progress to cirrhosis or liver cancer.
New machine learning study suggest the presence of at least nine gender 鈥渆xpressions鈥�
捆绑SM社区 researchers identify new markers for early detection of cervical cancer
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By Ashley Rabinovitch
Dialogue 捆绑SM社区 is proud to announce that Richard Silver will act as coordinator of Retention Program鈥檚 activities with Greater Montreal community networks.
By Monica Slanik, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy
捆绑SM社区 researchers鈥� findings show that may be the case
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Daniel Almeida, a PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Gustavo Turecki in 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 Integrated Program in Neuroscience and at the Douglas Research Centre, was included in Forbes Magazine鈥檚 Top 30 under 30 list, unveiled December 3. Overall, the ninth annual list includes 600 young entrepreneurs, risk-takers and game changers who are redefining what it means to innovate and lead by example.
Kudos to听the Prager-Khoutorsky lab听for publishing听their first paper, Effects of Salt Loading on the Organization of Microtubules in Rat Magnocellular Vasopressin Neurons,听in the Journal of Neuroendocrinology. Special congratulations to Amirah-Iman Hicks, graduate student, and Zsuzsanna Barad, post-doctoral fellow, the co-first authors of the paper. Well done!
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New guideline from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
A new guideline from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care found no benefit of routine screening for thyroid dysfunction in adults without symptoms or risk factors. Based on the latest evidence, the Task Force guideline recommends against routine screening for thyroid dysfunction in non-pregnant adults and is published in (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Insight into way enzymes work could shape future therapeutic production
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Researchers at 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine have made important strides in understanding the functioning of enzymes that play an integral role in the production of antibiotics and other therapeutics. Their findings are published in Science.
Researchers identify path to improve HER2+ breast cancer susceptibility to approved therapies
Adoption of methods that could reduce costs and spare animal models
Microsurgery is an intricate and challenging surgical technique that involves using miniature instruments and sutures as fine as a hair strand aided by sophisticated microscopes. In plastic surgery, microsurgery is used to repair small damaged vessels and nerves following trauma, or in reconstructive procedures by moving a component of living tissue from one place of the body to another and reconnecting its vascular supply to this new region to keep its blood supply.
It鈥檚 a proven way to improve patient safety and outcomes, and meet the evolving health needs of the aging Quebec population. It鈥檚 a way to make higher education in nursing available to all communities in the province. It鈥檚 a way to increase the pool of potential candidates for graduate-level education to produce the next generation of nurse leaders, researchers and educators, as well as nurse practitioners. It鈥檚 a way to ensure more nurses have the required level of training if, and when, Quebec follows all other Canadian provinces and requires a nurse to have a university-level education.
Montreal, September 23, 2019 鈥� According to a recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, the biological clock influences immune response efficacy. Indeed, CD8 T cells, which are essential to fight infections and cancers, function very differently according to the time of day. The study was carried out by a team of researchers led by Nicolas Cermakian, PhD, of听the Douglas Research Centre, and Nathalie Labrecque, PhD, of the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre.
On July 17, 2019, Mr David Graham, Member of Parliament for the riding of Laurentides-Labelle, visited the Department of Physiology and had lunch with our graduate students.
