/channels/taxonomy/term/9971/all en /channels/channels/news/study-finds-nunavik-inuit-are-genetically-unique-298685 <p><strong>Variants found in this population may predispose to brain aneurysm</strong></p> <p>A new study has found that an Inuit population in Canada’s Arctic are genetically distinct from any known group, and certain genetic variants are correlated with brain aneurysm.</p> Tue, 23 Jul 2019 12:51:53 +0000 webfull 150847 at /channels /channels/event/rencontres-m%C3%A9dicales-au-nunavik-nunavik-doctors-gathering-225307 <p>Les 22, 23 et 24 mars prochains, venez célébrer le début du printemps au Nord! La chaleur du soleil commence à poindre, quoique l’hiver n’a pas encore dit son dernier mot...</p> Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:10:22 +0000 webfull 95056 at /channels /channels/news/mcgill-and-north-239771 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 18:40:13 +0000 webfull 106168 at /channels /channels/news/isotopic-memory-atmospheric-persistence-241074 <p>Chemical analysis of some of the world’s oldest rocks, by an international team led by ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ researchers, has provided the earliest record yet of Earth's atmosphere. The results show that the air 4 billion years ago was very similar to that more than a billion years later, when the atmosphere -- though it likely would have been lethal to oxygen-dependent humans -- supported a thriving microbial biosphere that ultimately gave rise to the diversity of life on Earth today. Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:16:55 +0000 webfull 107488 at /channels