Message from VP-Dean Eidelman - The Faculty's Return to Campus
Dear Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Colleagues,
Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network accelerates precision medicine plan with signing of Contribution Agreement with Health Canada
Vancouver, BC -- The Government of Canada and the Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI) have jointly signed a Contribution Agreement which opens the door for the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network to begin operating.
捆绑SM社区 researcher-led International Task Force unveils first-of-its kind standards for treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder
By David McFadden
Listed by the World Health Organization among the ten leading causes of medical disability worldwide, the severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is at a level on par with cancer. 听This prevalent disorder is characterized by highly distressing intrusive thoughts and repeated compulsive behaviours such as washing or checking.
Two cellular pathways involved in TNBC tumour development and a promising targeted combination therapy
A team of researchers at the RI-MUHC found two cellular pathways involved in TNBC tumour development and a promising targeted combination therapy
Source: RI-MUHC
Message from VP-Dean Eidelman - Planning for a return to campus
Dear members of our Faculty community,
Our world has changed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, yet we have persevered to continue to offer world-class education and conduct leading research. Indeed, I am immensely proud of our contributions.
Under 30 and sexually active? It鈥檚 a good idea to get tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea
Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommends routine screening
Source: CMAJ
Anyone sexually active under age 30听should be offered testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea, according to a new听guideline听from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care published in听CMAJ听(Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Fertility Frontier: Can Transgender Women Get Uterus Transplants?
By David McFadden
It鈥檚 been nearly seven years since the world鈥檚 first successful birth after a human womb transplant. Since that medical milestone, the experimental procedure has seen such significant clinical advances that over 60 uterus transplants have been performed in women across the globe, resulting in at least 18 live births.
Infrared imaging could help screen for COVID-19
Technology offers more accurate method to detect illness in minimally symptomatic cases听
As the global COVID-19 pandemic has continued to rage across the globe, temperature recordings have been widely used as a screening tool to help detect infected individuals.
Researchers identify the origin of a deadly brain cancer
Finding could lead to potential therapiesResearchers at 捆绑SM社区 are hopeful that the identification of the origin and a specific gene needed for tumour growth could lead to new therapeutics to treat a deadly brain cancer that arises in teens and young adults. The discovery relates to a subgroup of glioblastoma, a rare but aggressive form of cancer that typically proves fatal within three years of onset.
Pfizer Canada donation will help new researchers change the future
MONTREAL, QUEBEC 鈥� Pfizer Canada has made a $600,000 gift to the 捆绑SM社区 Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4) via 捆绑SM社区 and the 捆绑SM社区 Health Centre (MUHC) Foundation. The gift, which was announced today during the 2nd听annual MI4 Scientific Symposium, will support innovation and life-changing research through the creation of the听Pfizer听Early Career Investigator Awards.
Transforming coronavirus proteins into nanoparticles may hold the key to an effective COVID-19 vaccine
Changing makeup of a specific protein has the potential to neutralize the virus
捆绑SM社区 researchers part of international team awarded NIH grant to study causes and predictors of emerging psychosis
Researchers at 捆绑SM社区 are part of a major international study to better understand the cause and effect of psychosis in adolescents and young adults who are at risk for this condition. The research, which is being led by the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University, will be funded by a $52 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
First genetic sequencing of COVID in Quebec shows roots of outbreak
Initial results of study show that an estimated 250 independent events following spring break travel in March led to 60,000 people being infected
$12.5 million awarded to Montreal team to study Parkinson鈥檚 Disease
A group of scientists at University of Montreal, The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital), and 捆绑SM社区 has been awarded a major research grant of over $12.5 million from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson鈥檚 (ASAP) initiative over the next three years to study Parkinson鈥檚 disease. ASAP鈥檚 implementation partner The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson鈥檚 Research issued the grant.
Molecular alterations in neuronal trophic regulation in Alzheimer鈥檚 pathology begin decades before detectable cognitive impairments
Findings could lead to development of pre-clinical stage therapeutics
By Jason Clement