Search engine | UdeMNouvelles

curated news in English

88 results:

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

Neurons are the building blocks of the brain and the nervous system that are responsible for sending and receiving signals that control the brain and body functions.

Health

A new target for anxiety disorders

10 October 2024

Press release

Understanding the mechanisms causing mirror movement is key to finding ways to treat it.

Health

Looking deeper into the mirror

2 October 2024

Press release

Michelle Carr

Community

Michelle Carr: Manipulating dreams to improve mental health

26 September 2024

Article

The study illustrates the functional importance of inter-cellular signal exchanges, but it's only the beginning, the researchers believe.

Science

Getting the body to function properly

25 September 2024

Press release

Liver cancer is the sixth most common cancer, and the third most deadly.

Health

Development of a tool to study new treatments for liver cancer

18 September 2024

Article

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

DNA fragments dubbed "transposable" are expressed at higher levels in certain thymus cells than in the rest of the body.

Health

Do genetic "parasites" help the immune system develop and function?

4 September 2024

Article

Fentanyl and new synthetic opioids are on track to soon become the most commonly detected substances in opioid poisoning deaths.

Health

Has Quebec entered a new era of drug-related deaths?

30 August 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 Gagnon laboratory team has developed a new cell culture protocol, called LTHY (for “Long-Term Hypoxia”).

Health

Novel approach to study hypoxia enables identification of a marker for ovarian cancers

1 August 2024

Article

Several members of the medical faculty led workshops or gave talks in which they shared their own journeys to inspire the next generation.

Health

Inspiring youth from Black communities

30 July 2024

Article

Although still in its infancy, research on heat adaptation is advancing rapidly in response to the climate emergency.

Health

Helping our bodies beat the heat

25 July 2024

Article

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

Dr. Frédéric Charron's team has demonstrated that β-arrestin proteins act as adapters between Smo and SFKs proteins, two crucial components of axon guidance.

Health

Spinal cord formation in the embryo: the role of a protein family understood

27 June 2024

Press release

The key to the IRIC’s success lies in its multi-faculty structure (medicine, pharmacy, arts and science), which is unique in Canada, and its focus on advancing both basic research and the drug commercialization process.

Health

Basic research at IRIC spawns commercial drugs

29 May 2024

Article

Nicolas Chomont

Community

Nicolas Chomont receives an award of excellence in HIV research

6 May 2024

Brief

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

Press release

Pascal Chartrand and Éric Lécuyer

Health

Two winners of the Innovative Therapies for Hereditary Ataxias competition at UdeM

18 March 2024

Brief

In Quebec, one in three patients who end up in the emergency room are struggling with a mental-health problem because they can’t access services or have no support network.

Health

Mental health: Taming the beast

13 March 2024

Article

Across Canada, sickle cell disease affects nearly 6,000 people, mostly of African, Haitian, Indian or the Middle Eastern origin.

Health

A risky mix of two diseases

29 February 2024

Article

Dr. Roger Guillemin

Community

Death of a giant of medicine

23 February 2024

Article

This study opens up new avenues for research and non-pharmacological approaches to improving the health of people born preterm, and underscores the importance of taking preterm birth into account in medical care at all ages.

Health

Prematurity may later impact cardiovascular and muscular health

24 January 2024

Article

Chewing increases blood flow, and therefore cell oxygenation, in brain areas important for cognition.

Health

The complexity of chewing

23 January 2024

Article

Nabil G. Seidah

Community

Making an impact on the lives of cardiovascular patients

21 December 2023

Article

Nabil G. Seidah and Martin Sauvageau

Health

New hope for patients with NAFLD

1 December 2023

Press release

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

Press release

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

Press release

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

Press release

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

Press release

Faculty experts (fr)

In the media (fr)