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World TB Day 2018 is turning out to be special — never in the history of tuberculosis (TB) control has there been greater political attention and commitment to tackling the infectious disease that causes nearly two million deaths a year.

Classified as: TB Day
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Published on: 22 Mar 2018

A team from The Research Institute of the MUHC and researchers at the Johns Hopkins Institute in the U.S. have developed a test they say is safe and could save lives.
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Published on: 22 Mar 2018

Des chercheurs de l’Institut de recherche du Centre universitaire de santé 鶹ýվ (IR-CUSM) et de l’université Johns Hopkins ont mis au point une «méthode sécuritaire et peu invasive» pour le dépistage précoce des cancers de l’ovaire et de l’endomètre.

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Published on: 22 Mar 2018

These questions are central to Montreal researcher Emmanuelle Vaast's newest study of social media, published in MIS Quarterly. Dr. Vaast, a professor of information systems at 鶹ýվ's Desautels Faculty of Management, has a long history of studying social media use. She recently worked with a research team to explore social media use on Twitter following BP's environmentally disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

Classified as: Emmanuelle Vaast
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Published on: 21 Mar 2018

World TB Day 2018 is turning out to be special—never in the history of tuberculosis (TB) control has there been greater political attention and commitment to tackling the infectious disease that causes nearly two million deaths a year. I was recently fortunate to be in New Delhi, where I witnessed Indian prime minister Narendra Modi launch the TB Free India campaign at the Delhi End TB Summit.

Classified as: TB, india
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Published on: 21 Mar 2018

[…] AI is also finding use in helping physicians detect early signs of Alzheimer’s in the brain and understand how those physical changes unfold in different people. “When a radiologist reads a scan, it’s impossible to tell whether a person will progress to Alzheimer’s disease,” says Pedro Rosa-Neto, a neurologist at 鶹ýվ in Montreal.

Classified as: AI, Alzheimer
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Published on: 20 Mar 2018

On sait que le sommeil et la température de notre corps sont régulés par l'horloge biologique. Charles Bourque, du Centre de recherche du CUSM à Montréal, a découvert une nouvelle fonction qui le serait aussi : la soif. Il en a fait la preuve de façon éclatante chez la souris.

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Published on: 20 Mar 2018

Lead researcher Jean-Nicolas Audet, from 鶹ýվ in Canada, said: “By comparing an extremely innovative species like the Barbados bullfinch with a closely related conservative one like the black-faced grassquit, we gain insight into the evolutionary mechanisms that can lead to divergence in behaviour.

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Published on: 15 Mar 2018

Robert Brandenberger, professeur de physique à l’Université 鶹ýվ, qui l’a connu personnellement alors qu’il était stagiaire postdoctoral dans son équipe de 1985 à 1987, le confirme. « Il était très inspirant comme personne. Il était habité par la joie de vivre. Il aimait les gens, les étudiants. Il ne s’intéressait pas seulement au travail des étudiants, mais aussi à la vie quotidienne. Il était toujours présent à la pause de l’afternoon tea avec les étudiants et il allait même au cinéma avec eux le soir », relate-t-il.

Classified as: Stephen Hawkings
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Published on: 15 Mar 2018

Find out about the 鶹ýվ24 fundraiser for refugee students wishing to study at the university. 鶹ýվ24 spokesperson Jenny Aboue Youn El Soud and alumni ambassador Gemma Peralta join Global’s Laura Casella to talk about the event.

Classified as: Refugee, Global Health
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Published on: 15 Mar 2018

Off the southern coast of Malaysia, a futuristic city is rising from the sea… In the last two decades, more than 100 new cities have been (or are being) created from scratch, according to Sarah Moser, an assistant professor of geography at Montreal’s 鶹ýվ, where she runs a research lab that tracks new cities. These recent additions to the map tend to arise in developing countries like Morocco, Nigeria, Uganda, Myanmar and Indonesia.

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Published on: 13 Mar 2018

University students across Canada are giving up their creature comforts and basic necessities for five days to raise money and awareness for the homeless. The universities are looking to raise more than $20,000 (combined) for Dans La Rue and Chez Doris, which support homeless and at-risk youths and women respectively.

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Published on: 13 Mar 2018

Madhukar Pai, Director of 鶹ýվ Global Health Programs at Canada's 鶹ýվ, explains that patients rarely present with a single problem, so diagnostic labs need to offer a variety of tests to enable disease diagnosis and management.

Classified as: Madhukar Pai, Global Health
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Published on: 13 Mar 2018

Citizens can now pore over the late mayor’s personal copy of the Malouf report that draws conclusions about the 1976 Montreal Olympics fiasco.

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Published on: 13 Mar 2018

Only 34 of the top 200 universities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings are run by women… #9. 鶹ýվ: Suzanne Fortier

Classified as: IWD2018, IWD
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Published on: 12 Mar 2018

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