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Communication d’urgence

11 h 36 | 31 août

Health

Childhood

Learning a foreign language—before you’re born!

A study shows that newborn babies respond differently to a language if they were exposed to it briefly in the womb.

The RESTART trial: a drug to block a toxic HIV molecule

HIV / AIDS • Oct 1st

From idea to clinical trial: a scientific ultra-marathon

Cancer • Oct 1st

Does isolated REM sleep behaviour disorder predict Parkinson’s disease or dementia?

Neuroscience • Sep 23rd

An app to better manage cannabis use

Psychiatry • Sep 23rd

Marilyn Aita, Marjolaine Héon et Adèle Saives

UdeM nursing student develops hammock for preemies

Innovation • Sep 15th

Some immigrants are especially vulnerable, coming from difficult and sometimes traumatic backgrounds that put them at greater risk of experiencing a psychotic episode.

Extending access to mental healthcare for vulnerable people

Research • Sep 5th

Lewis R. Depaauw-Holt et Ciaran Murphy-Royal

After early-life stress, astrocytes affect behaviour

Neuroscience • Sep 4th

COLLAB-INTER-360-Obésité harnesses the power of collaboration to build a learning community.

Breaking down barriers to support people living with obesity

Medicine • Sep 3rd

Over the last eight years, UM171 has been used experimentally to treat 80 patients in Canada and 40 in the U.S. and Europe. Of the 120, about 7 out of every 10 were cancer-free after two years and so can be said to be cured.

UM171: first Europe, then Canada

Cancer • Aug 27th

By comparing the brains of children with anorexia nervosa to those with ARFID, the researchers demonstrated that the neurological impact of these disorders is not only due to low body weight.

Restrictive eating disorders in children: structural changes in the brain revealed

Brain • Jul 30th

Melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer are two cancers with many mutations.

Unmutated tumor antigens: exploitable targets for immunotherapy

Cancer • Jul 29th

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

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

Bacteria • Jul 9th

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

Premature births: a discovery that advances science

Medicine • Jul 9th

UM171 breaks new ground

Biotechnology • Jun 30th

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.

Lack of oxygen at birth: faster determination of brain damage

Brain • Jun 17th

Bangui was an AIDS hot spot, and the city’s name became closely associated with the disease, not least because of this international gathering.

Operation Bangui: the untold story of AIDS research in Africa

Africa • Jun 16th

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.

Immunotherapy: a new target found

Cancer • Jun 12th

Feline idiopathic cystitis is an acute inflammation of the bladder in cats that causes painful and sometimes bloody urination.

Anxious cats prone to recurring cystitis

Animal • Jun 10th

Find peace by confronting your inner demons—virtually

Psychiatry • Jun 5th

We need to keep finding creative ways to raise awareness about eye health, according to Fares Antaki.

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

Ophthalmology • Jun 4th

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

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

Cancer • Jun 3rd

Certain types of gambling activate the brain's "reward circuit" more strongly and carry an increased risk of addiction.

Mapping exposure and vulnerability to gambling in Quebec

Professors • Jun 2nd

The research team identified 26 infectious agents that can potentially cause hearing loss, which is especially dangerous if contracted during pregnancy because it can harm the developing auditory system and cause congenital deafness.

Sixty per cent of childhood hearing loss is preventable

Audiology • May 30th

Hugo Lavoie, Driss Lajoie, Ting Jin et Marc Therrien

A new approach to block the spread of cancer cells

Cancer • May 29th

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.

Troubled sleep, troubling diagnosis

Neuroscience • May 29th

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.

Diagnosing Parkinson’s using a blood-based genetic signature

Medicine • May 29th

Chronic renal failure: discovery of a crucial biomarker

Medicine • May 27th

For hypnosis to gain wider use in dentistry, several measures are needed, starting with standardization of techniques and protocols.

Open wide ... and relax

Dentistry • May 23rd

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.

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

Genetics • May 21st

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