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Type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer are just some of the disorders associated with specific genes not “turning on” and “turning off” as they should. By using new CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology, in a recent paper in , Թ researchers have described a new technique that scientists across the world can potentially use to explore novel ways of treating diseases associated with dysregulation in DNA methylation.

Classified as: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, moshe szyf, DNA methylation, medical research
Published on: 9 Nov 2021

Short growing seasons limited the possible size of hunter-gatherer societies by forcing people to rely on meat, according to a recent study by a team of international researchers, including Թ professor Eric Galbraith.

Classified as: eric galbraith, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, hunter-gatherers, meat eating
Published on: 8 Nov 2021

A team of computer scientists, including Claude Crépeau of Թ and physicist colleagues from the University of Geneva, have developed an extremely secure identity verification method based on the fundamental principle that information cannot travel faster than the speed of light. The breakthrough has the potential to greatly improve the security of financial transactions and other applications requiring proof of identity online.

Classified as: School of Computer Science, Claude Crepeau
Published on: 3 Nov 2021

Despite high hopes, a new pan-Canadian study published today in The BMJ suggests that ciclesonide—an inhaled and nasal steroid drug commonly used for asthma and rhinitis—won’t be the treatment to change the course of the pandemic.

Classified as: Research Institute of the Թ Health Centre (RI-MUHC), Dr. Emily McDonald, Dr. Nicole Ezer, Coronavirus (COVID-19) info for patients
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Published on: 2 Nov 2021

Satellite images reveal where forest-dependent people live inside the forests of the South American Gran Chaco, and how deforestation for cattle ranching leads to an erosion of their resource base. (Background photo: Google EarthTM / Inset photo: I. Gasparri).

Classified as: Sustainability, Department of Geography, Gran Chaco, agribusiness, Yann le Polain de Waroux
Published on: 26 Oct 2021

Թ is proud to confer honorary degrees to highly talented and engaged individuals who serve as an inspiration for our community of students, professors, researchers and staff.

Classified as: honorary doctorates, honorary degrees, Fall 2021, Claire Bolduc, Andrew J. Cherlin, Gilles G. Patry, George D. Schindler
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Published on: 21 Oct 2021

A study exploring cross-cultural differences in knowledge and attitudes towards COVID-19 reveals that people in Europe had the least knowledge of COVID-19 and lowest tendency to care about the coronavirus, while people in the United States had the lowest tendency to comply with public health restrictions. As the pandemic began to unfold, people in the Middle East and Asia were the most aware of COVID-19. People in the Middle East were also the most afraid of the coronavirus.

Classified as: culture, covid-19, responses, Fear, knowledge, attitudes, practices, Zakir Uddin
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Published on: 20 Oct 2021

Bacteria can store extra resources for the lean times. It’s a bit like keeping a piggy bank or carrying a backup battery pack. One important reserve is known as cyanophycin granules, which were first noticed by an Italian scientist about 150 years ago. He saw big, dark splotches in the cells of the blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) he was studying without understanding either what they were or their purpose.

Classified as: Department of Biochemistry, bacteria, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Martin Schmeing
Published on: 14 Oct 2021

To fully grasp and plan for climate impacts under any scenario, researchers and policymakers must look well beyond the 2100 benchmark. Unless CO2 emissions drop significantly, global warming by 2500 will make the Amazon barren, the American Midwest tropical, and India too hot to live in, according to a team of international scientists.

Classified as: co2, emissions, climate change, greenhouse gas, global warming, projections, 2500, Earth, alien, Sustainability
Published on: 13 Oct 2021

Older adults are more willing to help others compared to younger adults but will prioritize those within their own country – particularly when it comes to donating to charity. This group was also more compliant with public health guidelines for physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a team of international researchers.

Classified as: prosocial, Behavior, covid-19, donating, helping, cooperating, generosity, physical distancing, compliance, Jonas Nitschke
Published on: 12 Oct 2021

Today, the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT), along with its partner the ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation (MAPAQ) announced the creation of the Réseau québécois de recherche en agriculture durable (RQRAD), a flagship measure of the (PAD).

Classified as: Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Paul Thomassin, Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT)
Published on: 8 Oct 2021

The mussels’ beards (which cooks remove before preparing them) are made up of byssal threads and are used to help keep the mussels tethered in place. At the end of each thread is a disc-shaped plaque that acts as an underwater glue. The unusual qualities of the glue and the byssal threads have interested people since ancient times, when the threads of certain species were woven into luxurious berets, purses, gloves, and stockings. More recently, scientists have developed underwater adhesives and surgical glues inspired by byssal thread chemistry.

Classified as: Faculty of Science, Sustainability, Matthew Harrington, mussels, Department of Chemistry
Published on: 7 Oct 2021

To prevent the spread of COVID-19 indoors, the two metres physical distancing guideline is not enough without masks, according to researchers from Quebec, Illinois, and Texas. However, wearing a mask indoors can reduce the contamination range of airborne particles by about 67 percent.

Classified as: cough, coughing, spread, mask, Masks, virus, covid-19, physical distancing, airborne, particles, Saad Akhtar
Published on: 5 Oct 2021

Fund will be one of Canada’s most significant university innovation programs awarding nearly $500k to spinoffs and technologies

September 28, 2021 (MONTREAL, Quebec) – Today Թ announced the launch of the Թ Innovation Fund, a funding program that will support both the development of innovative technologies as well as the spinoff companies that emerge from the University. The fund will be open to all Թ members who have declared a Report of Invention to the Office of Innovation and Partnerships.

Classified as: entrepreneurship, innovation, funding announcement
Published on: 28 Sep 2021

Scientists from Թ develop stronger and tougher glass, inspired by the inner layer of mollusk shells. Instead of shattering upon impact, the new material has the resiliency of plastic and could be used to improve cell phone screens in the future, among other applications.

Classified as: glass, seashells, mollusk, strongest, toughest, unbreakable, Allen Ehrlicher, Ali Amini
Published on: 28 Sep 2021

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