McGill researchers are exploring whether fenretinide, a drug mostly used in cancer researcher, could reduce the severity of pulmonary infections related to cystic fibrosis—which could radically improve the lives of the 70,000 people diagnosed with CF worldwide.
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Structure is central to all science: proteins and biology, molecules and chemistry, the crystal lattices and physics. But what these structures look like while undergoing crucial transformations—say, during protein function or chemical reactions—is still the stuff of imagination.
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At McGill, we focus on advancing the government priorities that align with our academic strengths. It’s crucial work and, as Headway has shown over the past five years, McGill researchers are extremely active and successful at meeting these challenges. But that’s not the whole picture.
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Interview with Bartha Maria Knoppers, Director of the Centre of Genomics and Policy
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If micro-organisms can make it in the high Arctic, they can make it anywhere. Professor Lyle Whyte has spent years digging in seemingly inhospitable tundra, unearthing new insights into microbial life at sub -zero temperatures—on Earth and beyond.
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The Quebec Research Centre of Private and Comparative Law is breaking new ground with international research programs into legal education that integrates civil and common law, and the global expansion of trust law.
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Canada’s hospitals need smart managers. The Health care Operations and Information Management program is training them.
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When Vedat Verter applied for NSERC funding, he illustrated his vision using recent research done by his doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows in the Desautels Faculty of Management. One such example was the work of Beste Kucukyazici, who graduated in 2009 and is now assistant professor of supply chain management with MIT-Zaragoza and a CREATEHOIM collaborator.
The traditional nuclear family is no longer a given. By mining a wealth of statistical data, Céline Le Bourdais is gaining important insights into how marriage, divorce and separation are affecting Quebec society.
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Over the past decade, McGill has used the federal Canada Research Chairs program to recruit exceptional researchers from around the world. Now meet the University’s four newest CRCs.
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