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The face of loneliness is changing. Today, it doesn’t just affect elderly shut-ins, recluses and explorers of remote climes, the extreme cases with which it has traditionally been associated.

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Loneliness is spreading. What can sociology tell us about it?

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Veterinary medicine

Anxious cats prone to recurring cystitis

UdeM’s veterinarians reveal that anxiety plays a key role in feline idiopathic cystitis, an inflammation of the bladder, highlighting the importance of reducing the stress that cats sometimes feel.

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Optometry

'Deafblindness': more than meets the eye and ear

Walter Wittich is the scientific director of an international initiative that has developed a comprehensive set of biopsychosocial criteria for people with little or no hearing and little or no sight.

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Cats have brain activity recorded with the help of crocheted hats.

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Anthropology & biology

Why are lemurs nearly extinct, and yet so diverse?

January 7, 2025
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In the largest research effort to date, anthropologists at Université de Montréal succeed in sequencing the genomes of 162 lemurs from 50 species across the island of Madagascar – and solve an evolut

Criminology

Firearms trafficking in Quebec: Not just the business of organized crime

December 19, 2024
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In Quebec, gun trafficking isn't driven by organized crime, but rather by opportunistic individuals working at different levels, according to a study conducted at UdeM.

Le groupe du professeur Alexis Vallée-Bélisle, du Département de chimie de l’UdeM, a découvert comment programmer les molécules du vivant pour qu’elles s’activent à divers moments, agissant comme des minuteurs moléculaires. L'image illustre que le temps, à l’échelle moléculaire, peut être programmé par le biais même des biomolécules qui composent le vivant. Elle met l’accent sur l’ADN, la biomolécule qui a permis au groupe de recherche d’étudier les mécanismes biochimiques qui régulent le temps.
Biotechnology

Tinkering with the “clockwork” mechanisms of life

December 19, 2024
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Opening new doors for the development of nanotechnologies in medicine, UdeM scientists recreate two natural mechanisms to better program the timescale of molecular communication and functionality.

Public health

A new platform to help people with rare cancers

December 17, 2024
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Marie-Pascale Pomey receives $200,000 in funding to create a platform to help people with rare cancers find reliable information and navigate the healthcare system.

Nutrition

A clinical guide for a special kind of diabetes

December 17, 2024
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Two UdeM professors have co-authored and published the first Canadian guidelines for better detection, management and treatment of cystic fibrosis-related diabetes.

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Targeting a brain enzyme to curb obesity

December 16, 2024
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Endocannabinoids in the brain play a key role in food intake and energy use. Modulating the action of these molecules could help fight obesity, say researchers at the CRCHUM.

Neuroscience

Understanding neurological diseases: crucial interactions come to light

December 13, 2024
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Scientists led by UdeM’s Frédéric Charron reveal significant interactions at the heart of neurons.

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Sustainable development

Université de Montréal releases its first carbon footprint report

December 12, 2024
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The Sustainable Development Unit’s document covers the year 2022-2023 and gives preliminary results for 2023-2024.

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Appointments

Catherine Régis appointed co-director of the CAISI research program at CIFAR

December 12, 2024
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Catherine Régis, professor at the Faculty of Law and member of Mila, is appointed co-director of the research program at the Canadian Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute.

Parkinson's disease

UdeM receives $8M to study the link between the immune system and Parkinson's disease

December 11, 2024
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A team led by Michel Desjardins, a professor in the Faculty of Medicine, has secured $8M from ASAP to study the connection between the immune system and Parkinson's disease.

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