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Slavery in Montreal (also then known as Ville-Marie), one of the main settlements in the French colony, has long been neglected by researchers.

History

New France had child slaves – and they were Indigenous

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Cancer

UM171 breaks new ground

Developed at UdeM, the molecule could soon be approved in Europe to treat blood cancers in patients without a compatible donor – a major step towards commercialization.

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Astronomy

Discovery of ‘mini halo’ points to how the early universe was formed

Astronomers co-led by UdeM's Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo detect a gigantic cloud of high-energy particles 10 billions light years away from Earth.

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

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Mapping exposure and vulnerability to gambling in Quebec

June 2, 2025
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A research project charts the intersection of exposure and vulnerability to gambling to identify high-risk areas and help authorities make informed decisions.

Academic freedom

Academic freedom must be defended: Quebec rectors

May 30, 2025
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Faced with the fallout from the Trump administration's attacks on academics south of the border, Canadian universities must be vigilant, say Daniel Jutras, Stéphane Pallage and Sophie d'Amours.

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Sixty per cent of childhood hearing loss is preventable

May 30, 2025
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Vaccination can help prevent infection-related hearing loss in children, but its full potential remains untapped, especially in low- and middle-income countries, a study finds.

Education

Secularism in Quebec schools: experts calls for dialogue and diversity

May 29, 2025
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An inter-university research group has serious questions about Quebec's Bill 94, which tightens secularism in the province's education system.

Hugo Lavoie, Driss Lajoie, Ting Jin et Marc Therrien
Cancer

A new approach to block the spread of cancer cells

May 29, 2025
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A new study by Marc Therrien's team at the IRIC unravels the mystery of the cancer-causing power of BRAF mutations and identifies novel ways of counteracting them.

Image générée par IA représentant une tasse de café avec un latte art en forme de cerveau endormi, créée à l’aide de DALL·E / Prompt de Karim Jerbi
Neurosciences

How does coffee affect a sleeping brain?

May 29, 2025
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Coffee can help you stay awake. But what does caffeine actually do to your brain once you're asleep? Using AI, a team of researchers has an answer: it affects the brain's "criticality".

Parkinson's disease

Diagnosing Parkinson’s using a blood-based genetic signature

May 29, 2025
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In a world first, CRCHUM researcher Martine Tétreault and her team identify a set of biomarkers that could someday make it easy to spot the disease in a patient's blood sample.

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Troubled sleep, troubling diagnosis

May 29, 2025
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Can clinicians predict how Parkinson’s disease or Lewy body dementia will progress in the brain? UdeM medical professor Shady Rahayel looks into the question.

Psychology

AI takes only minutes to tell how mature an infant's brain is

May 27, 2025
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A study led by UdeM’s Sarah Lippé demonstrates that artificial intelligence can quickly and accurately assess brain maturity in babies, enabling early detection of developmental disorders.

Medicine

Chronic renal failure: discovery of a crucial biomarker

May 27, 2025
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Millions of kidney patients stand to benefit from early diagnosis and prevention thanks to the breakthrough by scientists at the CRCHUM and UdeM.

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