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Health

Despite COVID-19, most young Canadian adults aren’t smoking or drinking more

18 January 2022

Press release

To survive in the human body, HIV burrows into immune cells that serve as a refuge and allow it to continue to multiply.

Health

HIV: a new therapeutic target identified

1 December 2021

Press release

Various studies show that physical activity can reduce depressive symptoms by acting on biological, psychological and social mechanisms.

Health

Get moving for good mental health!

18 October 2021

Article

A rendering of the enzyme complex named HTC

Science

Staying young, from the cells on up

16 September 2021

Press release

Health

Expectant mothers who have HPV could be at high risk of giving birth prematurely

15 September 2021

Press release

Participants were followed from the age of five months and the study was based on their responses to questionnaires collected at ages 13, 15 and 17.

Society

Cannabis: sexually diverse young people with depression use more

19 July 2021

Press release

In one of her recent studies, Arbour observed that the T-cells from patients respond much more strongly to interleukin 15 (IL-15) than those from healthy controls.

Health

Multiple sclerosis: how to halt its progression?

14 May 2021

Article

Health

HIV: an antidiabetic drug to reduce chronic inflammation

18 March 2021

Press release

The research team also found the alterations are linked to the severity of COVID-19 disease, to its evolution over 30 days, and to death within 60 days.

Health

COVID-19: biomarkers linked to severe forms of the disease

4 March 2021

Press release

Anne-Marie Mes-Masson

Science

Anne-Marie Mes-Masson, one of Canada’s '100 Most Powerful Women'

1 December 2020

Brief

For people with a brain arteriovenous malformation, a congenital vascular system defect, fate has a name: stroke. To avoid this risk, patients sometimes undergo interventions to remove the malformation. But is this very beneficial? Not necessarily.

Health

Doing no harm reduces the risk of stroke

18 June 2020

Press release

Patrick Cossette

Community

Dr. Patrick Cossette appointed dean of medicine

11 June 2020

Brief

Scientists will soon be collecting and using convalescent plasma to develop a passive immunization program to treat patients hospitalized for COVID-19.

Health

Immunizing with plasma to combat COVID-19

9 April 2020

Press release

Researchers describe how injection of these potent anti-HIV antibodies is associated with enhanced T cell responses that specifically recognize the virus.

Health

HIV: proving a concept

3 February 2020

Press release

The blood-brain barrier protecting our brain from attacks becomes permeable in people with multiple sclerosis, allowing a large number of lymphocytes to infiltrate and damage the tissues.

Health

Slowing the progression of multiple sclerosis

13 November 2019

Press release

Gut infection can lead to a pathology resembling Parkinson’s disease in a mouse model lacking a gene linked to the human disease.

Health

Can gut infection trigger Parkinson’s disease?

17 July 2019

Press release

Critical for the coordination of immune responses, CD4 T cells are important white blood cells (lymphocytes) that help control chronic infections like HIV.

Health

HIV: holes in the immune system left unrepaired despite drug therapy

15 July 2019

Press release

Babies whose mothers underwent surgery before pregnancy have an increased risk of opioid withdrawal symptoms at birth.

Health

Surgery before pregnancy linked to higher risk of opioid withdrawal in babies

15 July 2019

Press release

Health

Signature of an ineffective immune response to cancer revealed

20 June 2019

Press release

Researchers from the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) have developed a two-step combination therapy to destroy cancer cells.

Health

A “one-two punch” to wipe out cancerous ovarian cells

11 June 2019

Press release

Health

Obesity: the key role of a brain protein revealed

13 May 2019

Press release

Imagine that HIV is a sealed tin can: if you opened it, what would you find inside? An international team led by researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Tufts University School of Medicine, and the University of Melbourne think they know.

Health

New imaging reveals previously unseen vulnerabilities of HIV

10 April 2019

Press release

Artificial intelligence (AI) software can analyze medical images, and the practice will become increasingly common, helping radiologists detect anomalies, diagnose disease, monitor cancer, and offer better prognoses.

Health

A healthy image

9 April 2019

Article

Researchers have shown that immunotherapy treatments against cancer could reduce the amount of virus that persists in people on triple therapy.

Health

Using anti-cancer immunotherapy to fight HIV

19 February 2019

Press release

Health

Making better embryos

14 February 2019

Press release

Health

Focus on resistance to HIV offers insight into how to fight the virus

30 November 2018

Press release

Health

Launch of the École de l'intelligence artificielle en santé du CHUM

14 November 2018

Press release

This discovery brings hope for developing more effective therapies to combat one of the most prevalent and dangerous cancers in women.

Health

Understanding drug resistance in ovarian cancer

23 August 2018

Press release

Health

Cystic fibrosis: discovery of a key molecule for improving treatments

12 December 2017

Press release

The researchers Alex Parker and Pierre Drapeau.

Health

A promising new medication for 'Lou Gehrig's disease'

16 November 2017

Press release

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