Children of mothers who had gestational diabetes during pregnancy could be at increased risk of type 1 diabetes themselves, according to a new study led by a team at the Research Institute of the 91丝瓜视频 Health Centre (RI-MUHC) that was published in the .
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Published on: 16 Apr 2019
Alain Bouchard, Emmanuelle Charpentier, Michel de la Cheneli猫re,听 The Honourable Irwin Cotler, Dame Ann Dowling, Paul Farmer,听 Giuliana Elena Garzone, Michael Harris, Agnes Kalibata, John Michael Kosterlitz,听 Margaret MacMillan, Pat Metheny, Charles Mulli, Alfred Sommer听
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Published on: 16 Apr 2019
A new study of evolving attitudes toward gay marriage across the U.S. suggests that state legislation has had a significant impact in reducing anti-gay bias in many parts of the country.
The findings, published in PNAS, provide evidence that public policy can shape social norms and alter individuals鈥� attitudes, says senior author Eric Hehman, a professor in 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 Department of Psychology.
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Published on: 15 Apr 2019
Celebrities, particularly female celebrities, are routinely criticized about their appearance鈥攊ndeed, celebrity 鈥渇at-shaming鈥� is a fairly regular pop-cultural phenomenon. Although we might assume that these comments are trivial and inconsequential, the effects of these messages can extend well beyond the celebrity target and ripple through the population at large.
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Published on: 15 Apr 2019
Principal Suzanne Fortier has announced her decision regarding the name of 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 men鈥檚 varsity sports teams. Read her statement
La principale Suzanne Fortier a rendu publique sa d茅cision par rapport au nom des 茅quipes sportives masculines de l鈥橴niversit茅 91丝瓜视频. Lisez son message
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Published on: 12 Apr 2019
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) 鈥� a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration 鈥� was designed to capture images of a black hole. Today, in coordinated press conferences across the globe, EHT researchers reveal that they have succeeded, unveiling the first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole and its shadow.
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Published on: 10 Apr 2019
Study sheds light on longstanding debate
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Researchers have known for decades that inflammation accompanies Alzheimer鈥檚 disease (AD) brain lesions. Several early studies suggested that 鈥渟uper-aspirins鈥� or Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) could help avoid the disease. However, after clinical trials showed that NSAIDs don鈥檛 help patients who already have AD symptoms, doctors wondered whether these drugs could still be helpful to people who were at risk of developing the disease, but weren鈥檛 yet showing symptoms.
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Published on: 5 Apr 2019
Research published this week in Science Advances shows that it may be possible to create rocket fuel that is much cleaner and safer than the hypergolic fuels that are commonly used today. And still just as effective. The new fuels use simple chemical 鈥渢riggers鈥� to unlock the energy of one of the hottest new materials, a class of porous solids known as metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs. MOFs are made up of clusters of metal ions and an organic molecule called a linker.
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Published on: 5 Apr 2019
At a ceremony this evening, 91丝瓜视频 announced that its Arts Building, a landmark at the centre of its downtown campus, will be named after alumnus John McCall MacBain and Dr. Marcy McCall MacBain, in recognition of the recent $200-million gift from the McCall MacBain Foundation.
The new name will be the McCall MacBain Arts Building.
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Published on: 4 Apr 2019
By Matthew Brett
91丝瓜视频 is now home to a new Institute of Health Sciences Education thanks to a motion approved by its Board of Governors in February.
The Institute, which replaces the existing听Centre for Medical Education, is now an academic hiring and teaching unit that can provide graduate programs in health sciences education.
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Published on: 1 Apr 2019
$50,000 award recognizes a trailblazing researcher who put exercise front and centre in cancer treatment
Montreal 鈥� April 1, 2019 91丝瓜视频, in association with Manulife and the 91丝瓜视频 Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), is pleased to announce that Dr. Kerry S. Courneya, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Cancer at the University of Alberta and pioneer in the field of physical activity (PA) and cancer survivorship, is the winner of the 2019 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health.
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Published on: 1 Apr 2019
91丝瓜视频鈥檚 Board of Governors has adopted its new Policy against Sexual Violence, confirming the University鈥檚 commitment to ensuring that its campuses are free of acts of sexual violence. To support the Policy, the University has dedicated substantial resources 鈥� including three full-time staff members and an independent special investigator 鈥� dedicated to fostering safe, respectful, and inclusive learning and work environments for all.
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Published on: 28 Mar 2019
Some diseases which are fatal in one species can cause only mild discomfort in another鈥攂ut it鈥檚 hard for scientists to predict how lethal a disease will be if it leaps across species.
However, a new paper published this week in PNAS indicates that the evolutionary relationship between infected hosts can predict the impact of diseases.
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Published on: 28 Mar 2019
Scientists at 91丝瓜视频 have developed a new method to study how seizures arise in the healthy brain. Using laser light guided through ultra-thin optic fibers in the brain of rodents, the researchers 鈥渢urned on鈥� light-sensitive proteins in selective brain cells and were able to eventually cause seizures through repeated laser stimulation. These findings were published March 27, 2019 in the journal Scientific Reports.
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Published on: 27 Mar 2019
by Daniel McCabe
Congratulations to 91丝瓜视频 graduate听Yoshua Bengio, BEng鈥�86, MSc鈥�88, PhD鈥�91, on being named a co-recipient of the 2018听A.M. Turing Award. Frequently referred to as the 鈥淣obel Prize of Computing,鈥� the Turing Award, presented by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), recognizes individuals for major contributions of lasting importance to computing.听
Published on: 27 Mar 2019
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