Pancreatic cancer research: personalized approach brings new hope to patients
Few early detection tests, undetectable symptoms, limited treatment options and no known biomarkers that can be used to direct...
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...
Amphitheatre of the Research Institute of the MUHC officially named after Drs. Sylvia and Richard Cruess
On February 7 colleagues, friends, and supporters joined Drs. Sylvia and Richard Cruess at a dedication ceremony to recognize...
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...
Epigenetic alteration of a vitamin B12 processing gene shines new light on our understanding of rare diseases
Rare hereditary recessive diseases were thought to be expressed in offspring only when both parents carry a mutation in the...
Researchers renew the battle against Alzheimer’s
Dr. Lisa Koski's lab at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) is one of only three worldwide sites...
MUHC researchers contribute to two of 10 “Discoveries of the year” selected by Québec Science for 2017
Québec Science magazine has selected its 10 Discoveries of the Year for 2017, including two researchers affiliated with the...
RI-MUHC opens dedicated headquarters for outcomes research
Last Thursday, researchers, staff and donors of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) gathered to...
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...
The 2016-2017 RI-MUHC Annual Report is online!
We invite you to view the online version of the 2016-2017 Annual Report of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre...