Improving research with more effective antibodies

Published: 15 October 2019

Scientists demonstrate flaws in protein detection tools, and outline a solution ...

Brain genes related to innovation revealed in birds

Published: 14 March 2018

Wild birds that are more clever than others at foraging for food  have different levels of a neurotransmitter receptor that has been linked with intelligence in humans, according to a study led by...

Same gene can encode proteins with divergent functions

Published: 11 February 2016

By Cynthia Lee, McGill Newsroom It’s not unusual for siblings to seem more dissimilar than similar: one becoming a florist, for example, another becoming a flutist, and another becoming a physicist.

Gene discovered to cause rare, severe neurological disease

Published: 28 November 2016

Researchers have linked a debilitating neurological disease in children to mutations in a gene that regulates neuronal development through control of protein movement within neuronal cells. 

How embryos scale vertebrae

Published: 21 December 2012

As embryos develop and grow, from a single-cell egg to a fully functional body, they must form organs that are in proportion to the overall size of the embryo. The exact mechanism underlying this...

Common gene variant influences food choices

Published: 9 February 2016

By Katherine Gombay, McGill Newsroom...

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