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This study provides new scientific insights into the etiology of Crohn’s disease, chronic and incurable disease whose causes are not yet fully known.

Health

Inflammatory bowel disease: the crucial period of early childhood

29 October 2024

Press release

These recent scientific advances mean that the “shock-and-kill” eradication strategy, often used in the fight against HIV, can be foreseen in a different way.

Health

An antidiabetic helps the immune system recognize reservoirs of HIV

11 September 2024

Press release

The mere fact of being a younger age, combined with economic factors like losing their job during the pandemic, made people more likely to think of suicide than they did before, the study suggests.

Society

A pandemic of despair

6 September 2024

Press release

This is the first time that this signaling pathway (GAS6 and AXL) has been directly implicated in insulin resistance.

Health

Type 2 diabetes: new light on cellular mechanisms causing insulin resistance

23 August 2024

Press release

The researchers found that LGBTIQ+ individuals and their milieu of cisgender heterosexual families and friends both had significantly higher levels of biological stress markers like cortisol and cortisone in their hair during the campaign than before or after.

Society

Is holding a referendum on equality stressful for LGBTIQ+ people?

23 July 2024

Press release

Clinique Mauve was conceived as an intersectoral collaborative effort. Its main partner is the community organization Agir Montréal, the only organization supporting LGBTQIA+ refugees and migrants in Montreal.

Health

$750,000 for UdeM’s Clinique Mauve

17 July 2024

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Temperate exoplanet LHS 1140 b may be a world completely covered in ice (left) similar to Jupiter’s moon Europa or may be an ice world with a liquid substellar ocean and a cloudy atmosphere (centre). LHS 1140 b is 1.7 times the size of our planet Earth (right) and is the most promising habitable zone exoplanet yet found in the search for liquid water beyond the Solar System.

Science

Found with Webb: a potentially habitable world

8 July 2024

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An analysis of pan-Canadian data reveals a significant increase in the hospitalization rate during the most stringent public health measures, all across Canada.

Health

Eating disorders among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic

8 July 2024

Press release

Scientist pipetting sample into a multi well plate

Health

Sanfilippo syndrome: Major advancement towards developing a treatment

27 May 2024

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Most of the body's cells have a structure called the primary cilium, or simply, cilium. This structure acts like an antenna, responsible for detecting signals in the cell's environment.

Science

'Antennae' of cells: a protein plays a major role

25 April 2024

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Pioneer factors are the master regulators of the genome and epigenome: any disruption of their action has major consequences.

Science

Keys to the genome: unlocking the package

10 April 2024

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This artist's concept shows a "brown dwarf," a space object more massive than a planet but smaller than a star. Brown dwarfs usually have binary companions, but as they age some of these binary systems gravitationally fall apart, and each brown dwarf goes its separate way, according to a study led by Université de Montréal astronomer Clémence Fontanive.

Science

UdeM astronomer finds that "brown dwarfs" grow old alone

21 March 2024

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Food abundance or scarcity seems to influence the extent of the role played by the genes of the mother and the unborn baby.

Health

How the brain develops in unborn babies

19 February 2024

Press release

Community

Introducing the co-chairs of UdeM’s new fundraising campaign

15 February 2024

Press release

Community

Université de Montréal launches the largest fundraising drive in its history

15 February 2024

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Guided by an external magnetic field, miniature biocompatible robots, made of magnetizable iron oxide nanoparticles, can theoretically provide medical treatment in a very targeted manner.

Health

Treating liver cancer with microrobots

14 February 2024

Press release

The ring-shaped heart tissues are printed with a bioink containing a patient's stem cells.

Health

A "heart on a chip"

14 February 2024

Press release

In the study, patients received just one shot of UBX1325, and the positive effects on their vision lasted at least six months.

Health

New eye drug may someday help diabetic patients

6 February 2024

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Artist's concept of GJ 9827d. With only about twice Earth's diameter, the planet orbits the red dwarf star GJ 9827; two inner planets in the system are on the left.

Science

Water vapour discovered in a small exoplanet’s atmosphere

25 January 2024

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An artistic representation of the “hot Saturn” exoplanet, HAT-P-18 b.

Science

Unlocking the secrets of a "hot Saturn" and its spotted star

9 January 2024

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Nabil G. Seidah and Martin Sauvageau

Health

New hope for patients with NAFLD

1 December 2023

Press release

Health

3D printing of heart valves: a major breakthrough

30 November 2023

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The Sidney Altman RNA Therapeutic Hub is a new research project that puts Quebec at the forefront of life-saving RNA therapies.

Health

A big boost for RNA medicine research

28 November 2023

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The research team collaborated in the identification of a previously unknown way by which CD47 prevents phagocytosis.

Health

Discovery of an antibody that stimulates the immune system to eliminate cancer cells

16 November 2023

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Faraj's research suggests that targeting subjects with high LDL using interventions that reduce inflammation may reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes as well as that of cardiovascular disease.

Health

Advancing knowledge in diabetes

13 November 2023

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Science

Astronomers now know how far the Earth is from 200 galaxies

31 October 2023

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A new link has been found between two major metabolic diseases: diabetes and steatotic liver disease, commonly known as fatty liver disease.

Health

New link found between diabetes and steatotic liver disease

19 October 2023

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Canada has 100,000 fewer entrepreneurs than it did 20 years ago.

Society

Nearly half as many people are launching businesses as 20 years ago

16 October 2023

Press release

Infertility affects one in six couples of reproductive age.

Health

Worldwide fertility crisis: why men really need a hand from science

13 October 2023

Press release

Photo taken during a visit by Université de Montréal representatives to FUNED's offices. From left to right: Michèle Glémaud, Director of Admissions and Recruitment at UdeM, and Samanta Penaloza, Head of Latin American Recruitment at the University; Mayra Vásquez Santos, Attaché for Educational Cooperation at the Quebec Delegation in Mexico City; María Elisa Rojas, Executive Director of FUNED; and Sofía Rodríguez Díaz, Director of Institutional Relations at FUNED.

Community

Attracting Latin American students to UdeM

6 October 2023

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