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In the wake of the announcement in China last November of the first ‘CRISPR babies’, Prof. Bartha Knoppers and researcher Erika Kleiderman from Թ’s Centre of Genomics and Policy (CGP) have published a commentary article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on the use of CRISPR gene-editing techniques.

Classified as: CRISPR, Bartha Knoppers, erika kleiderman, crispr babies, Canadian Centre for Computational Genomics, science and technology, genomics
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Published on: 28 Jan 2019

A patient develops a rare condition and needs answers, so their clinician searches frantically to find patients with similar, rare, symptoms and similar possible causes. To understand the mechanisms of one debilitating disease, a medical researcher tries to separate the “signal” of causes of that disease, in particular, from the “noise” of natural biological variation of human lives and conditions.

Classified as: genomics
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Published on: 24 Jan 2019

Imagine a waterproof computer. It’s not going to happen tomorrow, but it may no longer be a pipedream since a Թ-led international research team has shown for the first time that it is possible to form strong, stable attractions between some of the heavier elements in the periodic table.

Classified as: Department of Chemistry, Science research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Tomislav Friščić
Published on: 22 Jan 2019

A landmark $15-million gift from Թ alumnus Les Vadasz, a founding member of Intel Corporation, and his wife Judy Vadasz, will enhance the prestigious doctoral fellowship program that bears their name in Թ’s Faculty of Engineering, deepening their support for outstanding PhD students who pursue innovative research at Թ.

Their gift also aims to strengthen Montreal as an engineering and technology hub by attracting more top talent to Թ.

Classified as: les vadasz, engineering, donation, doctoral fellowships
Published on: 16 Jan 2019

Scientists increasingly believe that one of the driving forces in chronic pain—the number one health problem in both prevalence and burden—appears to be the memory of earlier pain. Research published today in Current Biology suggests that there may be variations, based on sex, in the way that pain is remembered in both mice and humans.

Classified as: Research, psychology, pain, Faculty of Science, science and technology
Published on: 10 Jan 2019

A Canadian-led team of scientists has found the second repeating fast radio burst (FRB) ever recorded. FRBs are short bursts of radio waves coming from far outside our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists believe FRBs emanate from powerful astrophysical phenomena billions of light years away.

Classified as: Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) telescope; astrophysics
Published on: 9 Jan 2019

Թ has helped develop a global resource that includes data on thousands of inherited variants in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. The BRCA Exchange was created through the BRCA Challenge, a long-term demonstration project initiated by the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) to enhance sharing of BRCA1/BRCA2 data.

Classified as: genomics, centre of genomics and policy, Cancer
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Published on: 9 Jan 2019

A ground-breaking new study led by researchers from the Lady Davis Institute (LDI) at the Jewish General Hospital (JGH) has succeeded in compiling an atlas of genetic factors associated with estimated bone mineral density (BMD), one of the most clinically relevant factors in diagnosing osteoporosis. The paper, published in Nature Genetics, identifies 518 genome-wide loci, of which 301 are newly discovered, that explain 20% of the genetic variance associated with osteoporosis.

Classified as: genomics, Brent Richards, John A. Morris, Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital, genetics, osteoporosis, bone density, faculty of medicine, Nature Genetics
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Published on: 3 Jan 2019

One year ago, the Bulletin AMQ of the Association Mathématique du Québec published the article Le polygone du cercle d’Euler (The Polygon of Euler’s Circle). Written by third-year student Juan Fernández González, it defines and explores a convex polygon that can be associated to any triangle.

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Published on: 20 Dec 2018

A new Canadian study, led by a team at the Research Institute of the Թ Health Centre (RI-MUHC), is shedding light on anaphylaxis due to an unknown trigger (AUT)—an unpredictable and potentially fatal allergic reaction, about which surprisingly little is known.

Classified as: Research Institute of the Թ Health, anaphylaxis due to an unknown trigger, Moshe Ben-Shoshan
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Published on: 20 Dec 2018

More than two-thirds of Canada’s biodiversity is made up of species that occur within the country’s borders only at the very northern edge of their range. Biologists have long debated how much effort should be dedicated to conserving these “edge populations.” One argument in their favour is that they may be especially well suited to lead northward range shifts for their species as the climate warms.

Classified as: biodiversity, Թ, Queens University, climate change, Ecology Letters, edge populations
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Published on: 17 Dec 2018

Monitoring a wound is critical, especially in diabetic patients, whose lack of sensation due to nerve damage can lead to infection of a lesion and, ultimately, amputation. New research from the Թ Health Centre (MUHC) and Թ shows that the use of a new app, called Swift Skin and Wound™, which accurately measures and charts the progression of skin wounds, could potentially have a significant impact on clinical management and patient outcomes.

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Published on: 17 Dec 2018

Professor is the recipient of the prestigious for his exceptional contributions to Green Chemistry research in Canada. He is the third Թ professor to win the Steacie Prize, and the first ever Թ professor to win it for chemistry. The two previous winners from Թ are Vicky Kaspi, Physics and Astronomy (2006) and Phil Gold, Medicine (1973).

Classified as: Tomislav Friščić, chemistry, Green Chemistry, Faculty of Science, steacie award
Published on: 14 Dec 2018

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