/macdonald/taxonomy/term/4/all en /macdonald/channels/event/deadline-interintra-faculty-applications-bsc-neuroscience-fall-2025-354885 <p>Deadline for inter/intra faculty applications to B.Sc. - Neuroscience Fall 2025.</p> Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:20:33 +0000 admin 30086 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/new-drug-shows-promise-against-duchenne-muscular-dystrophy-362113 <p>A novel drug holds promise for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare genetic disorder that causes severe muscle degeneration.</p> <p>9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ researchers have discovered that an experimental compound called K884 can boost the natural repair abilities of muscle stem cells. Current treatments can slow muscle damage, but don’t address the root problem.</p> <p>DMD affects about one in 5,000 boys worldwide, often leading to wheelchair dependence by the teenage years and life-threatening complications in early adulthood.</p> Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:11:47 +0000 admin 30062 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/when-using-music-alleviate-pain-tempo-matters-362884 <p>Music has the best chance of providing pain relief when it is played at our natural rhythm, a 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ research team has discovered.</p> <p>This suggests it may be possible to reduce a patient’s level of pain by using technology to take a piece of music someone likes and adjust the tempo to match their internal rhythm, the researchers said.</p> <p>The discovery was the subject of a paper published this week in <i>Pain</i>, the top journal in the field of pain medicine and research.</p> Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:32:01 +0000 admin 30006 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/new-discovery-could-help-protect-against-influenza-363625 <p>A component found in all fungi may provide a shield against flu-related lung damage, according to a new study.</p> <p>A team of scientists led by Maziar Divangahi, a Professor in 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and Senior Scientist at the Research Institute of the 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ Health Centre, demonstrated that beta-glucan, administered to mice before their exposure to influenza, can reduce lung damage, improve lung function and lower the risk of illness and death.</p> Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:23:27 +0000 admin 29998 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/expert-newfoundland-and-labrador-quebec-reach-churchill-falls-hydro-deal-362081 <p>The provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec have reached a tentative deal regarding power generated by the Churchill Falls development. It would replace an agreement that has been a sore point for Newfoundland and Labrador. The new deal would provide long-term security for Quebec and would see the two provinces work together on a future hydro-electric development.   </p> <p>9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ has an expert who can share his insights on this subject:    </p> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:15:32 +0000 admin 30068 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/expert-2024-confirmed-hottest-year-record-362438 <p>The European Union’s <a href="https://www.copernicus.eu/en/copernicus-services/climate-change">Copernicus Climate Change Service</a> has confirmed that 2024 was the hottest year ever recorded, marking the first time global temperatures have reached 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels. This milestone raises critical questions about the implications for daily life and the future of our planet’s atmospheric and oceanic systems. </p> <p>An expert from 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ is available to comment on this topic.  </p> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 13:29:34 +0000 admin 30047 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/experts-us-withdraws-word-health-organization-who-and-paris-climate-agreement-362780 <p>U.S. President Donald Trump announced Monday his country’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization and the Paris climate agreement.<br /> <br /> These experts from 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ are available to share their insights:</p> <h3><b><u>Paris Accord</u></b></h3> <p> </p> Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:47:57 +0000 admin 30028 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/remote-sensing-tools-yield-insights-abandoned-pre-columbian-mexican-city-362490 <p>A 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ researcher has discovered that Guiengola, a 15<sup>th</sup> century Zapotec site in southern Oaxaca, Mexico, which had been thought to be simply a fortress where soldiers were garrisoned, was in fact a sprawling, fortified city. It covered 360 hectares, with over 1,100 buildings, four kilometres of walls, a network of internal roads and a clearly organized urban layout with temples and communal spaces such as ballcourts, and the elites and commoners lived in separate neighbourhoods.<br /> <br /></p> Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:57:34 +0000 admin 30018 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/experts-future-nato-363724 <p>As U.S. President Donald Trump brings changes in U.S. foreign policy, and as Saudi Arabia hosts talks between Russia and the United States about bringing the war between Russia and Ukraine to an end, questions about are being raised about the future of NATO.</p> <p>These 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ experts are available to share their insights:</p> Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:01:04 +0000 admin 29995 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/expert-access-personal-data-363958 <p>Elon Musk’s team at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has sought access to data from various U.S. government departments and agencies. This has caused concerns that DOGE will gain access to potentially sensitive data on millions of Americans.</p> Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:37:10 +0000 admin 29982 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/researchers-link-mysterious-cosmic-signals-collapsed-stars-362290 <p>An international team of scientists led by 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ researchers has provided the clearest evidence yet that some fast radio bursts (FRBs) — enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio waves from space — originate from neutron stars, the ultra-dense remnants of massive stars that have exploded in a supernova. This finding, based on an analysis of the radio signal of a single FRB, advances our understanding of one of the universe’s most perplexing phenomena. </p> Thu, 02 Jan 2025 13:05:40 +0000 admin 30055 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/clouds-have-surprising-effect-surface-warming-mcgill-climate-researchers-find-362515 <p>9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ researchers have <a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fs41586-024-08323-x&data=05%7C02%7Cclaire.loewen%40mcgill.ca%7C1aa187b701b5492b8a2a08dd30d48d35%7Ccd31967152e74a68afa9fcf8f89f09ea%7C0%7C0%7C638720411653005201%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=hAbOefehlKHoVxQELBFhl2SbManK7P767BMN7dbn5tw%3D&reserved=0">discovered</a> that changes in clouds are slightly mitigating global warming.</p> Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:07:07 +0000 admin 30039 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-reveal-how-life-saving-molecules-are-created-362080 <p>9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ researchers have discovered how certain microbes create potent drugs like antibiotics and anti-cancer therapies.</p> <p>Their surprising findings could change the way scientists approach drug discovery and pave the way to the designing of next-generation medications, explained Martin Schmeing, principal investigator and professor in 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ’s Department of Biochemistry and Centre for Structural Biology.</p> Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:11:01 +0000 admin 30066 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/expert-stomach-flu-cases-spike-canada-362482 <p>Canada is seeing a rise in cases of gastroenteritis, commonly known as the stomach flu, with over 150 reported at the University of Guelph. Often caused by norovirus, the illness spreads through contaminated surfaces, water or food, causing vomiting, diarrhea and stomach pain.</p> <p>An expert from 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ is available to comment on this topic:</p> <p><a href="/newsroom/raymond-tellier">Raymond Tellier</a>, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases.</p> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 17:18:39 +0000 admin 30045 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/proactively-exposing-ecosystems-mild-environmental-stressors-appears-offer-protection-study-finds-363762 <p>Mild, proactive exposure to environmental stress can help biological communities resist severe disturbances and maintain genetic diversity, a <a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00067-3">recent study</a> from 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ has found.</p> Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:05:32 +0000 admin 29992 at /macdonald