Selon une étude récente, le foie jouerait un rôle jusqu’alors méconnu dans la santé osseuse, mais uniquement chez les hommes. L’étude menée à l’Université McGill et publiée dans Matrix Biology a révél...

New research suggests the liver plays a previously unrecognized role in bone health, but only in males. A McGill University-led study published in Matrix Biology found that a protein made in the liver...

The familiar labels “night owl” and “early bird,” long used in sleep research, don’t fully capture the diversity of human internal clocks, a new study has found. The McGill University-led study publis...

A preclinical study published in Nature has found evidence that the hippocampus, the brain region that stores memory, also reorganizes memories to anticipate future outcomes. The findings, from resear...

A large McGill University study has found that two classes of medications commonly prescribed for Type 2 diabetes, both incretin-based, are associated with a reduced risk of dementia. Drawing on clini...

A McGill-led study is challenging a popular theory about how dopamine drives movement, a discovery that could shift how scientists think about Parkinson’s disease treatments. Published in Nature Neuro...

Une équipe de recherche de l’Université McGill a mis en évidence une fonction cérébrale qui aide à comprendre pourquoi le stress vécu pendant l’enfance accroît le risque de troubles métaboliques chez ...

McGill University researchers have identified a brain function that helps explain why childhood stress raises metabolic health risks for some women later in life. A new study found that variations in ...

A program developed by a McGill researcher to help cancer survivors cope with the fear their cancer will return is expanding across Canada. The Fear of Recurrence Therapy (FORT) program offers evidenc...

A new study has uncovered promising therapeutic strategies against one of the deadliest forms of prostate cancer. McGill University researchers at the Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute (GCI) identified a mechanism driving neuroendocrine prostate cancer, a rare and highly aggressive subtype for which there currently are no effective treatment options. Findings published in Genes & Development show that prostate tumours in mice became more aggressive when the protein ERRγ was lost, while restoring its production in human cancer cells reversed this effect. Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among men in Canada. Tumours that stop responding to hormone therapy evolve into neuroendocrine prostate cancer in about 15 per cent of patients, according to past research. After this shift, life expectancy typically falls below 18 months. “Therapy resistance remains one of the biggest challenges in cancer treatment, and prostate cancer is no exception,” said lead author Vincent Giguère, Professor in McGill’s Department of Biochemistry and GCI researcher. “Our findings highlight ERRγ as a promising new therapeutic target.” Existing drugs show promise when ERRγ is lost The researchers used advanced genetic and metabolic analysis to understand how losing ERRγ drives tumour growth. Their investigation revealed that two genes linked to cancer become overactive when ERRγ is missing. As drugs that block these genes already exist for other cancers, the team tested two of them in mouse and human prostate cancer cells. When combined, the two drugs slowed the cancerous growth far more effectively than either drug alone. “These findings have major clinical implications,” said Giguère. “By targeting the genes that take over when ERRγ activity is low or lost, we open the door to new treatment strategies for patients who currently have few options.” Understanding why ERRγ function becomes impaired in the first place is still being investigated, he added. Protein acts as brake on tumour progression ERRγ, previously known for its role in energy metabolism, appears to act as a brake that prevents prostate cancer from advancing. Preclinical findings led by first author Ting Li, a post-doctoral fellow in Giguère’s lab, have revealed that neuroendocrine prostate cancers have much lower levels of ERRγ than other types of prostate tumours. Removing the protein in mice sped up tumour progression, while reactivating the protein in human prostate cancer cells reversed the process, confirming its protective effect. About the study “ERRγ impedes neuroendocrine prostate cancer development” by Ting Li and Vincent Giguère et al., was published in Genes & Development. The study was conducted in collaboration with Prof. Jin-Jian Lu of the University of Macau and supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Terry Fox Research Institute, the Cancer Research Society, Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Santé and Défi Canderel.

McGill University researchers at the Douglas Research Centre have found evidence that heavy cannabis use during pregnancy can cause delays in brain development in the fetus that persist into adulthood...

The company that makes Tylenol is pushing back against a proposed safety warning on labels for all drugs containing acetaminophen. A petition filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration calls for...

As respiratory virus season kicks off and COVID-19 cases continue to rise, provinces and territories are launching their vaccination campaigns. In Quebec, free vaccines will be available only to membe...

McGill University researchers have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can detect previously invisible disease markers inside single cells. In a study published in Nature Communications, th...

Girls who overeat regularly in the preschool years are more likely to experience anxiety, impulsivity and hyperactivity in adolescence, according to a new study led by researchers at McGill University...

On Sept. 28, it will be five years since Joyce Echaquan, an Atikamekw woman, died in a hospital north of Montreal after having broadcast on Facebook racist and sexist remarks being made about her by h...