COVID-19: Faculty of Medicine Update 2020/03/23 - Message from VP-Dean Eidelman
To all members of the Faculty of Medicine, including learners and staff,
COVID-19: Faculty of Medicine Update 2020/03/14 - Status
To all members of the Faculty, including all learners and staff,
COVID-19: Faculty of Medicine Update 2020/03/12 - Faculty-hosted conferences, events
To all members of the Faculty of Medicine, including all learners:
McGill University is closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation as it continues to rapidly evolve. When providing the community with advice, the University is following the guidelines of Quebec and Canada’s Public Health authorities. As members of the Faculty and health care system, we must exercise extra vigilance to contain the spread of the virus.
COVID-19: Faculty of Medicine Update 2020/03/11 - MSSS directive regarding learners, travel, conferences
To all members of the Faculty of Medicine, including all learners:
Getting off of the blood sugar roller coaster
McGill researchers are pioneering a new artificial pancreas system that provides life-changing support to people living with type 1 diabetes.
By Ashley Rabinovitch
Vitamin E effective, safe for fatty liver in HIV patients
By Gillian Woodford
A type of fatty liver disease that commonly affects patients with HIV can be safely treated with vitamin E, a McGill-led study has found.
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a severe form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and is characterized by liver inflammation and cell damage. It is a potentially dangerous condition that can progress to cirrhosis or liver cancer.
How many gender subtypes exist in the brain?
New machine learning study suggest the presence of at least nine gender “expressions”
Beyond the Pap Smear
McGill researchers identify new markers for early detection of cervical cancer
By Ashley Rabinovitch
Can Exercise Improve Video Game Performance?
By Monica Slanik, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy
Can lithium halt progression of Alzheimer’s disease?
McGill researchers’ findings show that may be the case
McGill PhD student named to Forbes Top 30 under 30 list
Daniel Almeida, a PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Gustavo Turecki in McGill University’s Integrated Program in Neuroscience and at the Douglas Research Centre, was included in Forbes Magazine’s Top 30 under 30 list, unveiled December 3. Overall, the ninth annual list includes 600 young entrepreneurs, risk-takers and game changers who are redefining what it means to innovate and lead by example.
Screening for thyroid dysfunction in patients without symptoms: don’t routinely check that box
New guideline from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
New understanding of antibiotic synthesis
Insight into way enzymes work could shape future therapeutic production
Researchers at McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine have made important strides in understanding the functioning of enzymes that play an integral role in the production of antibiotics and other therapeutics. Their findings are published in Science.
New direction for treatment of aggressive type of breast cancer
Researchers identify path to improve HER2+ breast cancer susceptibility to approved therapies
Researchers identify improved avenues to train plastic surgeons in microsurgery
Adoption of methods that could reduce costs and spare animal models