New means to fight 'un-killable' bacteria in healthcare settings
Scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) have identified new means of fighting drug-tolerant...
It’s au revoir, not goodbye, to the RI-MUHC summer students
They may be Montreal high school students, international medical residents, or students at any level in between. Their summer research...
Latent TB Treatment: Shorter is Better
Treatment of latent tuberculosis (TB) is set to transform after two studies from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre...
Charity softball game funds life-changing equipment, clinics and research at the Montreal Chest Institute of the MUHC
Mitchell Rosenberg is proud to be “playing it forward” in appreciation of the exceptional care he received at the Montreal Chest Institute...
Beyond Killing Tuberculosis
Historically, our view of host defense against infection was that we must eliminate pathogens to eradicate disease. However, this perspective...
Wanted: Leaders for a TB-free world
World TB Day, which falls on March 24th each year, is designed to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic...
Meet RIPK3: Good Cop, Bad Cop, all in one
Each year, influenza kills half a million people globally with the elderly and very young most often the victims. In fact, the Centers for...
Unusual lung structures may raise risk of pulmonary disease
The internal anatomy of our lungs is surprisingly variable, and some of those variations are associated with a greater...
Re-programming innate immune cells to fight tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB), an infectious disease which attacks the lungs, claims someone’s life every 20 seconds and 1.5 million lives...
Results of the 2017-2018 Respiratory Health Network competitions
Congratulations to Lisa Hennemann (M.Sc. student), Dr. Ilan Azuelos and Dr. Jean Bourbeau for receiving funding from the...