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Multimillion-dollar grant to MIT funds research into acute and chronic Lyme disease

Dec 17, 2020

Despite the fact that Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States, with more than 400,000 new cases every year, there are no consistently accurate tests...

RITMO 2021 Scholarships for Students at the Master Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and the Profession Program in Psychology

Dec 17, 2020

RITMO 2021 Scholarships for Students at the Master Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and the Profession Program in PsychologyRITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time, and Motion funds up to...

Record numbers of covid-19 patients push hospitals and staffs to the limit

Dec 17, 2020

Hospitals reported more than 110,000 coronavirus patients on each of the past two days, a record count for the pandemic, according to tracking by The Washington Post. Covid-19 patients at...

New Covid-19 strain features 17 mutations sparking fears vaccine won't work

Dec 17, 2020

Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailThe new strain of Covid-19 has 17 mutations, scientists have discovered. Many of the changes...

US breaks record for coronavirus deaths with 3,700

Dec 17, 2020

The tally from Johns Hopkins University marked the fourth time daily deaths have exceeded 3,000 throughout the pandemic. The US set a new record for new coronavirus deaths reported in...

Driving force behind cellular ‘protein factories’ could have implications for neurodegenerative disease

Dec 17, 2020

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the cell’s protein factory, producing and modifying the proteins needed to ensure healthy cell function. The ER moves rapidly and constantly changes shape, extending across...

Twenty-five Canada Research Chairs awarded to McGill

Dec 17, 2020

In its twentieth year, the Canada Research Chairs Program (CRCP) is awarding 25 McGill researchers with eleven new and fourteen renewed chairs. “I am delighted to see the talent of...

How the spread of the Internet is changing migration

Dec 17, 2020

The spread of the Internet is shaping migration in profound ways. A McGill-led study of over 150 countries links Internet penetration with migration intentions and behaviours, suggesting that digital connectivity...

New use for an old drug: How does ketamine combat depression?

Dec 17, 2020

Since its discovery, researchers have been studying new uses for this drug, and ketamine was approved last year for patients with major depression who are treatment-resistant. Unlike standard antidepressants, which...

With ICUs hitting capacity, hospitals turn to desperate measures

Dec 16, 2020

Officials around the state said that hospitals are sinking into a crisis state, but that a widespread overwhelming has not yet occurred. On Tuesday, the California Department of Public Health...