Highlights from Med//E-News: The McGILL FACULTY OF MEDICINE ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER

• Discovering innovative ways to address autism January 20, 2020
  The Neuro opened in 1934 with Dr. Wilder Penfield at the helm as its founder and first Director. His work would revolutionize our understanding of the human brain. He wanted to create an institute where clinicians and scientists from different disciplines would work side-by-side. He also recognized that patients were integral within the health care continuum, not […]
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• Sexual dimorphism: The female hormone estrogen may facilitate the growth of liver metastases in non-sex-specific cancers January 16, 2020
  It is known that the tumour microenvironment plays an important role in the progression of cancer. But could estrogen present in this microenvironment facilitate the growth of liver metastases in women affected by colon, pancreatic and lung cancers? This is what a team of researchers from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre […]
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• Simulating the realities of Northern nursing January 16, 2020
  Once a year, nurses in Eeyou Istchee gather outside their home communities for a week of skills training. This year’s training included the unique opportunity to learn from the latest medical simulation technologies at McGill University’s Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning in Montreal. Over 100 “extended role” nurses from across the territory benefited […]
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• New faculty spotlight: Blake Richards January 14, 2020
  Blake Richards is an assistant professor in The Neuro and the School of Computer Science at McGill University.  He was the 2019 Canadian Association for Neuroscience Young Investigator Award Recipient, and one of 29 Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Canada AI Chairs announced in 2018. À lire ►  
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• Brain cancer: An intelligent molecule to fool and kill glioblastoma cells January 14, 2020
  After seven years of collaboration, a team of researchers from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre has developed an intelligent molecule that could significantly extend the lives of patients with glioblastoma, an incurable and devastating brain cancer that affects people of all ages, regardless of their lifestyle. According to the results of […]
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• Meeting the global health challenge of worms that cause disease January 14, 2020
  Dr. Theresa Gyorkos, Senior Scientist in the Infectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health Program at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, has dedicated her career to understanding and reducing the harms caused by parasitic worm infection. "The key," she explains, "is to eliminate fecal contamination by a combination of treatment and improved […]
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• Seeing the person behind a cancer diagnosis is the focus of award-winning JGH research January 13, 2020
  A research publication, whose authors include three members of nursing staff in the Segal Cancer Centre at the JGH, has been singled out for excellence by the Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology. The publication, which clearly underscores the importance of attending to the hopes, needs and unique qualities of individuals affected by cancer, was […]
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