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

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Immunizing with plasma to combat COVID-19

9 April 2020

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

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HIV: proving a concept

3 February 2020

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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.

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Slowing the progression of multiple sclerosis

13 November 2019

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

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Can gut infection trigger Parkinson’s disease?

17 July 2019

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

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

15 July 2019

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

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

15 July 2019

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Signature of an ineffective immune response to cancer revealed

20 June 2019

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

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

11 June 2019

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Obesity: the key role of a brain protein revealed

13 May 2019

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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.

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New imaging reveals previously unseen vulnerabilities of HIV

10 April 2019

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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.

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A healthy image

9 April 2019

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

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Using anti-cancer immunotherapy to fight HIV

19 February 2019

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Making better embryos

14 February 2019

Press release

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

30 November 2018

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

14 November 2018

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

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Understanding drug resistance in ovarian cancer

23 August 2018

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Cystic fibrosis: discovery of a key molecule for improving treatments

12 December 2017

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The researchers Alex Parker and Pierre Drapeau.

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

16 November 2017

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Fewer caesareans, more healthcare dollars saved

22 May 2017

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Janusz Kaczorowski observes a blood-pressure test being done with an electronic, not manual, device.

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Do you really have high blood pressure?

17 March 2017

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The research team (L-to-R): Linjiang Lao, Jiangping Wu and Yan Hu

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Researchers ID a complex new immunologic and endocrine syndrome

7 February 2017

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HIV “safe houses” identified

18 July 2016

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Dr Liberman into the operating room.

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Revolutionary surgery for lung cancer

11 July 2016

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A new study provides valuable information about certain mechanisms governing DNA repair and action of drugs that prevent cancer cell growth.

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New hope for stopping the proliferation of cancerous cells

28 January 2016

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Even amongst study participants whose IQ was considered to be normal,and researchers led by Dr. Sébastien Jacquemont found a substantial 25 point drop in IQ score caused by 16p11.2 gene deletions.

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Twenty-five-point drop in IQ caused by lack of gene copy

27 January 2016

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Embryon de souris au stade du clivage.

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Solving the mystery of defective embryos

5 January 2016

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Dr. Robert J. Lefkowitz.

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Nobel laureate in chemistry Robert J. Lefkowitz becomes CRCHUM honorary researcher

15 October 2015

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Une équipe de chercheurs montre le rôle essentiel de la leptine dans le phénomène de l’euphorie du coureur.

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Why does running make us happy?

1 September 2015

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This is your brain on fried eggs

14 July 2015

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