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One of the main challenges is to quickly assess the extent of brain injury in order to anticipate the risk of long-term complications or, conversely, the potential for full recovery.

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Lack of oxygen at birth: faster determination of brain damage

17 June 2025

Press release

Bangui was an AIDS hot spot, and the city’s name became closely associated with the disease, not least because of this international gathering.

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Operation Bangui: the untold story of AIDS research in Africa

16 June 2025

Article

CD200R1 is a protein present on the surface of certain immune cells called macrophages, which play a key role in detecting and destroying abnormal cells.

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Immunotherapy: a new target found

12 June 2025

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Feline idiopathic cystitis is an acute inflammation of the bladder in cats that causes painful and sometimes bloody urination.

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Anxious cats prone to recurring cystitis

10 June 2025

Article

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Find peace by confronting your inner demons—virtually

5 June 2025

Article

We need to keep finding creative ways to raise awareness about eye health, according to Fares Antaki.

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The price of a peek: retinal damage after the 2024 solar eclipse

4 June 2025

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Breast cancer is among the most common forms of cancer and is the second leading cause of cancer death among Canadian women.

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Breast cancer: a new target to eliminate dormant cells before they wake

3 June 2025

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Certain types of gambling activate the brain's "reward circuit" more strongly and carry an increased risk of addiction.

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Mapping exposure and vulnerability to gambling in Quebec

2 June 2025

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The research team identified 26 infectious agents that can potentially cause hearing loss, which is especially dangerous if contracted during pregnancy because it can harm the developing auditory system and cause congenital deafness.

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Sixty per cent of childhood hearing loss is preventable

30 May 2025

Article

Hugo Lavoie, Driss Lajoie, Ting Jin and Marc Therrien

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A new approach to block the spread of cancer cells

29 May 2025

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While it can be caused by taking antidepressants or by having sleep apnea, RBD is also a precursor of Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia, two neurodegenerative diseases that belong to the same family.

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Troubled sleep, troubling diagnosis

29 May 2025

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Noting the current lack of clinical biomarkers needed to diagnose Parkinson's, the researchers believe that knowing the disease’s unique signature could help clinical teams diagnose it early on, from a blood sample.

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Diagnosing Parkinson’s using a blood-based genetic signature

29 May 2025

Article

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Chronic renal failure: discovery of a crucial biomarker

27 May 2025

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For hypnosis to gain wider use in dentistry, several measures are needed, starting with standardization of techniques and protocols.

Health

Open wide ... and relax

23 May 2025

Article

Unlike traditional approaches that insert a functional gene to compensate for a defective one, prime editing works at the source: it literally corrects the mutation in stem cells to replace a faulty immune system with a corrected, functional one.

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A world first: "prime editing" reverses effects of rare illness

21 May 2025

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In the fight against Lyme disease, personal protection remains the first line of defence.

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Breaking the cycle of Lyme disease transmission

20 May 2025

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People often think that a decline in testosterone is invariably due to aging, but in fact only 2 per cent of cases of hypogonadism are caused by age alone.

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Andropause: rising interest in falling testosterone

18 May 2025

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The study shows that, on average, babies who contracted HPV at birth were virus-free in less than four months.

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HPV: babies free themselves of the virus naturally

14 May 2025

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Dr. Jean-François Côté, Marie-Bénédicte Pretty, Claude Leblanc, Dr. Rémi Rabasa-Lhoret, Léon Gosselin, Diane Gosselin, Mila Mulroney, Ruth Steinberg, David Steinberg, Marc Steinberg and Jean Beaulieu.

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Launch of the Mila and Brian Mulroney Philanthropic Chair in Diabetes at the IRCM

7 May 2025

Brief

Advanced practice physiotherapy is increasingly part of front-line care, much like specialized nurse practitioners.

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An expanded role for physiotherapists can mean better and faster care

5 May 2025

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Currently, doctors rely primarily on monitoring a child's early developmental milestones, such as acquiring language and walking, to predict their later development.

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Trying to predict how an autistic child will develop cognitively

22 April 2025

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In recent years, CAR-T cell immunotherapy (using chimeric antigen receptors) has revolutionized the fight against cancer.

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Aiming for high-precision immunotherapy

14 April 2025

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The guinea pig has long been used for studies in developmental biology and is very similar to humans in terms of general physiology.

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Guinea pigs: a promising animal model to study the human embryo

9 April 2025

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One of the most common types of medicinal honey is mānuka honey from New Zealand or Australia.

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You can heal more wounds with honey

8 April 2025

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The medical community may want to reconsider and review the established criteria used to diagnose autism – as the current criteria seem both inadequate and responsible for the over-diagnosis of autism that has been widely documented around the world.

Health

Using LLMs to understand how autism gets diagnosed

26 March 2025

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The system developed by the Bouilly laboratory will facilitate the manufacture of devices based on graphene and other 2D materials.

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Manipulating the very small at large scale

26 March 2025

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Nathalie Labrecque

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IRCM team identifies crucial mechanism in immune response

24 March 2025

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The findings show that there is no one-size-fits-all diet. Healthy diets can be adapted to fit individual needs and preferences.

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Eating well and aging better

24 March 2025

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Even though HCM has always been regarded as a genetic disorder, a problematic gene is only detected in one-third of cases; in the rest, the cause is unknown.

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Demystifying a genetic disease of the heart muscle

19 March 2025

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The study found that more than 80 per cent of users visiting a food bank for the first time were experiencing food insecurity.

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Food banks: short-term for some, permanent for others

12 March 2025

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