Oncology & Cancer

Re-exposing a cancer protein to enhance immunotherapy

Successful immunotherapy for cancer involves activating a person's own T cells to identify telltale proteins called antigens on the surface of a tumor and attack it. But some tumors have a trick: They hide themselves from ...

Genetics

Discovery unravels the mystery of a rare bone disease

A McGill-led team of researchers has made an important discovery shedding light on the genetic basis of a rare skeletal disorder. The study, published in Nature Communications, reveals that a defect in a specific gene (heterozygous ...

Neuroscience

Scientists provide new insight into a molecular target of alcohol

Ethanol—the compound found in alcoholic beverages—interferes with the normal functioning of a long list of biological molecules, but how each of these interactions contributes to the behavioral effects of alcohol is not ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Early-life diseases linked to lifelong childlessness

A study published in Nature Human Behaviour examines the link between 414 early-life diseases and lifetime childlessness in over 2.5 million individuals born in Finland and Sweden. The international research team was led ...

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