Researchers at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute, Université de Montréal and McMaster University think they’ve found a fountain of youth — and it’s unique to a few French Canadian families.
Developed by researchers at UdeM and the CHU Sainte-Justine, the innovation allows testing of patients who cannot participate in clinical studies due to the severity of their condition.
Dr. Fred Saad, an UdeM medical professor and principal scientist at the CHUM research centre, reviews several of his recent studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Researchers in Canada, the U.S, the U.K. and Australia make a game-changing discovery that the heart produces 16 times more calcitonin than the thyroid gland, offering hope for cardiac patients.
Led by UdeM’s Kate Zinszer, researchers are testing Montreal children for antibodies of the COVID-19 virus, based on a simple blood sample that will show how many have been infected.
Developed in Canada, the UM171 molecule was used in a blood transplant by a Montreal medical team on a young man suffering from severe aplastic anemia, an autoimmune disease.
Researchers from UdeM, the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital and McGill University have obtained a major grant to study Parkinson's disease.
