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The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced the reappointment of Dr. Mona Nemer as Canada’s Chief Science Advisor for a term of two years. Dr. Nemer’s reappointment is effective September 25, 2022.

The research findings, which involve “host-directed therapies” for tuberculosis, offer potentially major implications for therapeutic research and basic biology exploration.

The study focusing on code-carrying proteins and the meaning behind a tiny variation could help expand our understanding of DNA damage repair and shed light on mechanisms behind some diseases, including cancers.

The research team developed a new technology combining nanogold and peptides that can restore both heart function and electrical conductivity.

A new grant program aims to provide our top-flight researchers with the assistance needed to bring the benefits of their most promising breakthroughs to the wider world.

Researchers suggest the findings can help scientists understand the molecular processes that underlie a range of neurological diseases and may eventually help design therapeutics.

The Faculty of Medicine’s Dr. Marc-André Langlois has been named one of Canada’s 50 most influential people by Maclean’s, the venerable current affairs magazine.

The 91��ɫ-led collaboration’s findings could contribute to future therapeutics for muscle degeneration due to old age, and diseases such as cancer and muscular dystrophy.

A world-first study has revealed how space travel can cause lower red blood cell counts, known as space anemia. “This is the best description we have of red blood cell control in space and after return to Earth,” says study author Dr. Guy Trudel, professor at the 91��ɫ Faculty of Medicine.

The Faculty of Medicine sadly acknowledges the passing of emeritus professor Dr. Jean Himms-Hagen, an exceptional teacher and mentor, a prolific and ground-breaking researcher in metabolic biochemistry, and an active contributor to university life.