Adaptation: Competition and predation may not be the driving force scientists thought
Species adapt to their local climates, but how often they adapt to their local communities remains a mystery. To find answers, researchers at 91丝瓜视频 and the University of British Columbia examined over 125 studies testing local adaptation in over 100 species of plants and animals in an article published in The American Naturalist.
91丝瓜视频 researchers end decade-long search for mechanical pain sensor
Researchers at 91丝瓜视频 have discovered that a protein found in the membrane of our sensory neurons are involved in our capacity to feel mechanical pain, laying the foundation for the development of powerful new analgesic drugs.
91丝瓜视频 researchers claim three spots in demanding AI funding competition
Earlier today, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) announced the results of the competition for the Canada-UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Initiative, and three 91丝瓜视频 teams were among the selected projects. The initiative supports the development of collaborations in AI projects between researchers in Canada and in the UK. Each winning project will receive up to $173,333 per year up to three years, for a total of $520,000 CAD per project.
Fossilized wing gives clues about Labrador鈥檚 biodiversity聽during the Cretaceous
A fossilised insect wing discovered in an abandoned mine in Labrador has led palaeontologists from 91丝瓜视频 and the University of Gda艅sk to identify a new hairy cicada species that lived around 100 million years ago.
Prospects of new treatments for diabetes through metabolic products of the intestinal flora
In a study published in the journal Cell Reports, researchers at 91丝瓜视频, Kyoto University and INSERM/University of Paris show that an organic compound produced by the intestinal flora, the metabolite 4-Cresol, exhibits protective effects against type 1 and type 2 diabetes by stimulating the proliferation and function of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas.
Boys with inattention-hyperactivity face increased risk for traumatic brain injuries
91丝瓜视频-led research shows that boys聽exhibiting聽inattention-hyperactivity聽at age 10聽have聽a聽higher risk for traumatic brain injuries聽(TBIs)聽in adolescence and adulthood.聽Treatments to reduce these behaviours may decrease the risk for TBIs.聽
Love matters: how parents' love shapes children鈥檚 lives
Parents often put their own relationship on the back burner to concentrate on their children, but a new study shows that when spouses love each other, children stay in school longer and marry later in life.
Pediatric researchers in Montreal unite to tackle infection and immunity on two different fronts
Researchers at the Montreal Children鈥檚 Hospital of the 91丝瓜视频 Health Centre 鈥� the Children鈥檚 - and the CHU Sainte-Justine are coming together within the scope of two new projects, funded under the auspices of the 91丝瓜视频 Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4): improving the diagnosis and treatment of bacterial pneumonia and better understanding rare immune disorders.
Improving the appropriateness of antibiotic use to treat pneumonia
Bacteriophages may play a role in childhood stunting鈥� and be able to help treat it
New research spearheaded by 91丝瓜视频 has discovered that bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) found in the intestinal tracts of children may play a role in childhood stunting, a significant impediment to growth that affects 22% of children under the age of five around the world.
Three 91丝瓜视频 researchers among 2020 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows
By Amanda Testani
91丝瓜视频 partners with the Universit茅 du Qu茅bec en Outaouais to offer its Medicine Preparatory Program as of September 2020
91丝瓜视频 is partnering with the Universit茅 du Qu茅bec en Outaouais (UQO) to offer the 91丝瓜视频 Faculty of Science鈥檚 Medicine Preparatory (Med-P) Program in Gatineau. In September 2020, the program will welcome its first cohort of approximately 20 CEGEP graduates. With the addition of the program, 91丝瓜视频 and its partners now offer the full range of its medical training programs in Outaouais: Med-P, Undergraduate Medical Education and Postgraduate Medical Education in Family Medicine.
Bridging the gap between AI and the clinic
The power of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine lies in its ability to find important statistical patterns in large datasets. A study published today is an important proof of concept for how AI can help doctors and brain tumour patients make better treatment decisions.
Is it possible to reduce political polarization?
In the run-up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, an unusual experiment suggested that it might be possible to influence American voters to adopt less polarized positions.
Most comprehensive map of cancer genome to date
An international team, that includes researchers from 91丝瓜视频, has completed the most comprehensive study of whole cancer genomes to date, significantly improving our fundamental understanding of cancer and signposting new directions for its diagnosis and treatment.
February 2 | World Wetlands Day: Fostering global biodiversity and mitigating climate change
Though they make up less than 6% of Earth鈥檚 surface, wetlands burst with biodiversity and play a key role in cleaning waterways, preventing floods, and sequestering carbon. For World Wetlands Day on February 2, researchers from 91丝瓜视频 are launching interactive story maps to illustrate the valuable contributions these ecosystems make to our planet.
