A key to unlocking the mystery of triple negative breast cancer

Published: 25 October 2016

A study conducted at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) suggests screening breast cancer patients for the prolactin receptor could improve the prognosis for...

Understanding the effects of genes on human traits

Published: 1 August 2013

Recent technological developments in genomics have revealed a large number of genetic influences on common complex diseases, such as diabetes, asthma, cancer or schizophrenia. However, discovering...

Gestational diabetes: A diabetes predictor in fathers

Published: 13 August 2015

In a large study analyzing 20 years of data from Quebec, a team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has demonstrated that gestational diabetes signals...

Alcoholism: effects on the brain's dopamine system

Published: 12 August 2013

Research from McGill University suggests that people who are vulnerable to developing alcoholism exhibit a distinctive brain response when drinking alcohol, according to a new study by Prof. Marco...

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