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The discovery promises to help guide new approaches in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

Health

How bacteria grow: evolutionary differences point to new ways to combat infection

9 July 2025

Article

It’s rare for an innovation to combine so much scientific, clinical, and human potential.

Health

Premature births: a discovery that advances science

9 July 2025

Press release

Health

UM171 breaks new ground

30 June 2025

Press release

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.

Health

Lack of oxygen at birth: faster determination of brain damage

17 June 2025

Press release

Community

Polaris: a call to action to attract global research talent

14 June 2025

Press release

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.

Health

Immunotherapy: a new target found

12 June 2025

Press release

Health

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.

Health

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

4 June 2025

Article

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

Health

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

3 June 2025

Press release

Hugo Lavoie, Driss Lajoie, Ting Jin and Marc Therrien

Health

A new approach to block the spread of cancer cells

29 May 2025

Article

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.

Health

Troubled sleep, troubling diagnosis

29 May 2025

Article

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.

Health

Diagnosing Parkinson’s using a blood-based genetic signature

29 May 2025

Article

Health

Chronic renal failure: discovery of a crucial biomarker

27 May 2025

Press release

May is Speech & Hearing Month in Canada—a timely reminder that aphasia is a fairly common consequence of stroke that affects a person’s ability to speak, understand, read and write.

Society

Finding a voice: people with aphasia sing out

22 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.

Health

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

21 May 2025

Press release

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.

Health

Andropause: rising interest in falling testosterone

18 May 2025

Article

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.

Health

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.

Health

An expanded role for physiotherapists can mean better and faster care

5 May 2025

Article

The research is all the more relevant given that 72 per cent of pianists suffer from musculoskeletal disorders.

Science

When art meets science: the hidden risks of musical expression

28 April 2025

Article

Université de Montréal announces a $25-million funding drive backed by generous sponsors that aims to recruit top researchers and promising young talents to its campuses

Community

UdeM launches $25 million philanthropic initiative to recruit top research talent

23 April 2025

Press release

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

Health

Trying to predict how an autistic child will develop cognitively

22 April 2025

Press release

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

Health

Aiming for high-precision immunotherapy

14 April 2025

Article

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

Health

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

9 April 2025

Press release

The Roger-Gaudry campus

Community

King Charles III Coronation Medal awarded to UdeM members

31 March 2025

Article

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

Press release

Nathalie Labrecque

Health

IRCM team identifies crucial mechanism in immune response

24 March 2025

Article

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

Health

Eating well and aging better

24 March 2025

Press release

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.

Health

Demystifying a genetic disease of the heart muscle

19 March 2025

Article

Patricia Conrod

Community

Patricia Conrod appointed scientific director of the CIHR’s addiction institute

13 March 2025

Press release

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

Health

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

12 March 2025

Article

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