Dr. Judes Poirier from the Douglas Mental Health Institute and McGill University in Montréal (Canada) and his team say they have discovered that a relatively frequent genetic variant actually conveys significant protection against the common … Continue reading
A study conducted by Dr. Marie Kmita and her team at the Institut De Recherche Clinique De Montréal (IRCM), in collaboration with Dr. Josée Dostie at McGill University, has shown the importance of the chromatin … Continue reading
A pioneering study reveals the association of chronic pain and broad epigenetic changes. According to Researchers at the University of McGill, injuries that result in chronic pain such as limb injuries, and those unrelated to … Continue reading
Researchers have identified an elusive substrate protein in the most common form of heritable rickets. Diagnosed in toddlers, X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) is the most common form of heritable rickets, in which soft bones bend and … Continue reading
In an effort to address ethical, legal and social issues (ELSI) as part of its activities to develop new regenerative medicine (RM) products for, and with, academia and industry that will fill specific gaps in … Continue reading
Research out of McGill University has found that vitamin D has the potential to keep cancer cell proliferation in check, by slowing the progression of cells from premalignant to malignant states. The discovering research team … Continue reading
Hydrogen, the lightest element, can easily dissolve and migrate within metals to make these otherwise ductile materials brittle and substantially more prone to failures. Since the phenomenon was discovered in 1875, hydrogen embrittlement has been … Continue reading
