New research led by 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Goodman Cancer Research Centre improves our understanding of microRNAs
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Published on: 27 Jun 2019
Discovery could provide clues to potential therapies
Rearing its head in infancy, Christianson Syndrome is a rare disorder whose symptoms include intellectual disability, seizures and difficulty standing or walking. Although it is becoming increasingly diagnosed, with little being known about the neural mechanism behind the disease, therapeutic options for patients remain limited.
Published on: 27 Jun 2019
9I制作厂免费 Researchers Collaborate on Breakthrough Research Projects with the National Research Council
Today, Iain Stewart, President of the National Research Council, Canada's largest federal research and development organization, announced the results of the inaugural round of the NRC鈥檚 New Beginnings Initiative. The New Beginnings Initiative is part of the NRC鈥檚 Ideation Fund, which was announced in Budget 2018 to encourage, test and validate transformative research ideas generated by NRC researchers working with external collaborators.
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Published on: 20 Jun 2019
The American online marketplace Airbnb has likely removed approximately 31,100 units from Canada鈥檚 long-term rental markets. This could make it difficult for Canadian cities and provinces to prevent growing housing affordability issues.
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Published on: 20 Jun 2019
An international team spearheaded by researchers at 9I制作厂免费 has discovered a biological mechanism that could explain heightened somatic awareness, a condition where patients experience physical discomforts for which there is no physiological explanation.
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Published on: 19 Jun 2019
Today in Victoria, British Columbia, the Honourable , Minister of Science and Sport, announced an investment of over $275 million for 346 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs at 52 institutions across Canada. The also made an important investment towards these Chairs in providing more than $5.2 million in new funding for research infrastructure, supporting 30 Chairs at 18 institutions.
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Published on: 18 Jun 2019
Heart & Stroke and 9I制作厂免费 to create Early-Career Professorship in Women鈥檚 Heart Health
Montr茅al, June 18, 2019 鈥� The first research chair in Quebec focused on women鈥檚 cardiac health, propelled by Heart & Stroke and 9I制作厂免费, will officially be launched on July 1 via a research project led by Dr. Natalie Dayan, Assistant Professor of Medicine at 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine and Director of Obstetrical Medicine in the division of General Internal Medicine at the 9I制作厂免费 Health Centre (MUHC).
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Published on: 18 Jun 2019
Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended by the World Health Organization for the first six months of life because of the benefits for both mom and baby. In Canada, approximately 32% of women meet this recommendation.
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Published on: 17 Jun 2019
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a US$1.25-million grant to 9I制作厂免费, in support of a new Indigenous Studies and Community Engagement Initiative. The Initiative will be implemented over the next five years.
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Published on: 14 Jun 2019
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, and the Klarman Family Foundation today announced $468,860 in collaborative funding to support ethical biomedical research and responsible data sharing for the Human Cell Atlas (HCA), an international effort to map all cells in the human body. The Centre of Genomics and Policy (CGP) at 9I制作厂免费 will help guide and inform the approach and governance of data sharing to assist participating investigators to collect and share data.
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Published on: 11 Jun 2019
Cortical stimulation-induced seizures have the potential to guide epilepsy surgery, significantly reducing hospital stays
Surgery is the only way to stop seizures in 30 per cent of patients with focal drug-resistant epilepsy. A new study finds that inducing seizures before surgery may be a convenient and cost-effective way to determine the brain region where seizures are coming from.
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Published on: 11 Jun 2019
Published on: 5 Jun 2019
The Qu茅bec Cancer Consortium for Novel Therapeutics and Biomarkers (QCC), a collaboration between six leading hospital and cancer research centre sites based in Montreal led by 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Goodman Cancer Research Centre (GCRC) was awarded $10M in new funding from the Minist猫re de l鈥櫭塩onomie et de l鈥橧nnovation (MEI) du Qu茅bec through its Fonds d鈥檃cc茅l茅ration des collaborations en sant茅 (FACS) program.
Published on: 4 Jun 2019
Today at La rue des femmes de Montr茅al, the Honourable Marc Garneau Minister of Transport, announced on behalf of the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister of International Development and Minister for Women and Gender Equality, an investment of more than $4.49 million for research tackling gender-based violence in Canada.
Published on: 31 May 2019
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鈥檚 one of the biggest limitations to imaging studies because anesthesia alters the animal鈥檚 normal physiological state, blurring the answers to the questions that many researchers have been asking.
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Published on: 30 May 2019
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