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Found: the Mutated Gene Behind Mirror Movement Disorder

Scientists at Université de Montréal, McGill University and its affiliated Montreal Children's Hospital have made a promising breakthrough in understanding the origins of mirror movement disorder, a rare inherited neurological disorder.

Found: a Likely Volcano-Covered Terrestrial World Outside the Solar System

A large international team led by astronomers at the Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets at Université de Montréal (UdeM) today announced in the journal Nature the discovery of a new temperate world around a nearby small star.

Mimicking Brain Plasticity in Children to Control Post-Traumatic Stress

Could we temporarily increase brain plasticity in adults to decrease fear and anxiety responses in people who have experienced trauma?

Vitamin K Helps Protect Against Diabetes

Canadian researchers have identified a new role for vitamin K and gamma-carboxylation in beta cells and their potentially protective role in diabetes, achieving a first in 15 years of basic research.

Children from Mixed Backgrounds with One Muslim Parent Have Plural Identities

How do Quebec-born children in mixed families with one Muslim parent self-identify? How do they combine the different values transmitted by their parents and those of the society in which they grow up?

If I Think You’re Going to Vote, I’ll Vote Too

What role does a person’s circle of acquaintances play in whether they will turn out to vote?

Teenage Girls Are More Sensitive to the Anxiety of Other Girls

It is well known that adolescents tend to adopt the same behaviours as their peers.

Biomarkers for the Progression of Type 2 Diabetes Identified

This research was carried out as part of the European RHAPSODY project (Risk Assessment and Progression of Diabetes).

Canadian NIRISS instrument on Webb Maps an Ultra-Hot Jupiter’s Atmosphere

There’s an intriguing exoplanet out there – 400 light-years out there – that is so tantalising that astronomers have been studying it since its discovery in 2009.

A Scorching-Hot Exoplanet Scrutinized by Udem Astronomers

An international team led by Stefan Pelletier, a Ph.D. student at Université de Montréal's Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets announced today having made a detailed study of the extremely hot giant exoplanet WASP-76 b.

The Old Grind Just Got a Little Older

Long before the invention of agriculture, humans already knew how to process cereals and other wild plants into a flour suitable for food –

A Protein Helps HIV Remain Silent

Throughout the course of antiretroviral therapy, HIV hides quietly in reservoirs inside CD4+ T lymphocytes, white blood cells that play a role in activating the immune system against infection.

Screening Newborns for "Bubble-Baby" Disease Saves Lives

Screening newborns for severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID) significantly increases the survival of children after bone marrow transplantation, a new North American study finds.

Chemical Signal Protects Migratory Locusts from Cannibalism

Migratory locusts release a toxic substance to fend off their own conspecifics

Analysis of Single Plant Cells Provides Insights into Natural Product Biosynthesis

Single-cell multi-omics reveals that cell types are differentially involved in the production and accumulation of medically relevant plant compounds

Desert Ants Increase the Visibility of Their Nest Entrances in the Absence of Landmarks

If other visual cues are missing, ants build higher nest hills to facilitate homing of foraging nest mates

Study Provides Genetic Evidence on New Osteoporosis Drug Heart Attack Risk

New research highlights potential safety concerns around women taking romosozumab, a new anti-osteoporosis drug available on the NHS.

Physicists Discover Important New Property For Graphene

Unconventional form of ferroelectricity could impact next-generation computing

Artificial Intelligence Provides New Insight into Preventing Human Disease

A molecular machine, which plays an essential ‘cargo’ role in controlling the delivery of proteins to the surface of human cells, and is implicated in several diseases, has been identified in a landmark study using artificial intelligence (AI).

How The Brain Helps Us Remember What We’ve Seen

Research finds that as one looks around, mental images bounce between right and left brain as they shift around in our visual system.