Thanks to the Cole Foundation, pediatric leukemia research has again this year received support to recruit some of the best and brightest researchers in the field.
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Published on: 11 May 2012
According to a new study led by the Research Institute of the 91丝瓜视频 Health Centre (RI MUHC), older women who have been diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat are at higher risk of stroke than men.
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Published on: 9 May 2012
Prof. Ehab Abouheif, Dept. of Biology and a research team investigated which genes were being expressed during the development of antennae in male water striders. The antennae are used to grasp the females during mating. They then modified gene expression to see how this would be expressed in antennae development and success in mating. By doing so they were able to watch evolution in action.
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Published on: 3 May 2012
Current research ethics focuses on protecting study participants, but according to bioethicists from 91丝瓜视频 and Carnegie Mellon University, these efforts fail to prevent harms that undermine the social value of research.
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Published on: 3 May 2012
Ecosystem effects of biodiversity loss could rival impacts of climate change and pollution
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Published on: 2 May 2012
Family doctors are at the heart of efficient, sustainable health care systems and are a priority for 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine. To continue bolstering its educational, research and clinical strengths in this critical specialty, 91丝瓜视频 has announced the appointment of Dr. Howard Bergman to the position of Chair of the Department of Family Medicine.
Published on: 1 May 2012
91丝瓜视频 is building on longstanding research collaborations with Brazil by announcing four partnership agreements with Brazilian universities. These agreements are being signed this week by Prof. Heather Munroe-Blum, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of 91丝瓜视频.
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Published on: 27 Apr 2012
Researchers at 91丝瓜视频, Univ. of Minnesota call for combining best of both approaches
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Published on: 25 Apr 2012
In a paper published this week in The Journal of Neuroscience, researchers from 91丝瓜视频 have demonstrated for the first time that there are specific neurons that respond selectively to first and second order sensory attributes.
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Published on: 24 Apr 2012
A new study by Carsten Wrosch of Concordia University and Catherine Sabiston of 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education found that breast cancer survivors who were able to let go of old exercise goals and set new ones increased their level of physical activity and showed an improved well-being overall.
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Published on: 23 Apr 2012
A new 91丝瓜视频 study evaluating off-label prescribing of medications by primary care physicians in Quebec suggests the practice is common, although it varies by medication, patient and physician characteristics. The paper was published online today in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Published on: 16 Apr 2012
$1 million in donations to support Desautels Faculty of Management programs
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Published on: 5 Apr 2012
91丝瓜视频 team develops new technology that can accurately measure protein biomarkers
Published on: 5 Apr 2012
The 91丝瓜视频 and G茅nome Qu茅bec Innovation Centre is pleased to announce that they have been awarded funding totalling $7.6 million over a two-year period from Genome Canada鈥檚 2010 Competition. This award, a record for Qu茅bec, will fund the operations of the Innovation Centre as well as the services offered to scientific communities in Qu茅bec, the rest of Canada and around the world.
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Published on: 4 Apr 2012
A current controversy raging in evolutionary biology is about whether adaptation to new environments is the result of many genes, each of relatively small effect, or just a few genes of large effect. A new study published in Molecular Ecology by 91丝瓜视频 biologist Andrew Hendry and a colleague from Basel University strongly supports the first 鈥渕any-small鈥� hypothesis.
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Published on: 3 Apr 2012
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