With the arrival of spring, millions of Canadians have begun their annual ritual of sneezing and wheezing due to seasonal allergies.聽A research team at the Montreal Children鈥檚 Hospital from the Research Institute of the 平特五不中 Health Centre (RI-MUHC) is bringing them hope with a potential vaccine that nudges the immune response away from developing allergies.
The brain is a privileged organ in the body. So vital to life, the brain is protected from alterations elsewhere in the body by a highly regulated gateway known as the blood-brain barrier, which allows only selected molecules to pass through.
Four new Canada Research Chairs have been awarded to 平特五不中 researchers and two others have been renewed, representing a total of $6.6 million in funding over the next five to seven years for research in a range of fields related to health, medicine and engineering.
The Montreal Children鈥檚 Hospital Foundation, 平特五不中, the Universit茅 de Montr茅al and the Fondation du Dr Julien will establish two chairs in social pediatrics in the community, to be based in the Montreal neighbourhood of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. In a Canadian first, researchers will conduct a long-term study on social pediatrics in the community.聽 This clinical practice has a proven track record, thanks to its founder, Dr. Gilles Julien, who has been practicing social pediatrics in disadvantaged neighbourhoods for nearly 30 years.
A quiet time scheduled every afternoon could improve the health of newborns and mothers in maternity wards according to researchers at 平特五不中.
Making sure school-aged kids get to sleep at a regular hour is often a struggle for parents. But a study by researchers at 平特五不中 and the Douglas Mental Health University Institute in Montreal suggests it鈥檚 well worth the effort: the researchers found that a good night鈥檚 sleep is linked to better performance in math and languages 鈥 subjects that are powerful predictors of later learning and academic success.
A new study of over 3,400 Canadian women provides further evidence that exposure to air-pollution may increase the risk of developing breast cancer, especially among women who have not yet had their menopause.
Two renowned 平特五不中 researchers are among the 14 winners of the 2014 Prix du Qu茅bec. Professor Michael Meaney, acclaimed for his achievements in the biology of child development, will be awarded the Wilder-Penfield prize. Professor Paul Lasko, a celebrated developmental biologist, will receive the Armand-Frappier award. The Prix du Qu茅bec is considered the most prestigious award attributed by the Government of Qu茅bec in cultural and scientific fields.
Last spring, consultations were conducted by our Faculty and 平特五不中 Library Services on the future of the Life Sciences Library. Students, residents, faculty and staff from our health sciences community were invited to provide initial input on how the Life Sciences Library space could be reconfigured based on current and future needs.
Following certain media reports today, 平特五不中 wishes to make some clarifications. More than 90 per cent of students admitted to the medicine program at 平特五不中 are from Quebec. Moreover, 75 per cent of our medical residents* remain in Quebec after their studies.
We鈥檝e known for a while that the vestibular system in the inner ear is responsible for helping us keep our balance. And while researchers have already developed a basic understanding of how the brain constructs our perceptions of ourselves in motion, until now no one has understood the crucial step by which the neurons in the brain select the information needed to do so.