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Published on: 26 May 2015

A  $1-million gift from Macdonald College of McGill University  alumnus  J. William Ritchie, BSc(Agr)'51,  will provide  major  support for McGill’s Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in its efforts to open its Macdonald campus to more visitors and provide a unique, hands-on education into the critical role of agriculture in the food supply chain.

Classified as: Macdonald Campus, Community Outreach, university advancement, J. William Ritchie, Macdonald Farm
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Published on: 22 May 2015

A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B by the teams of Dr. Gregory West (Assistant Professor at the Université de Montréal) and Dr. Véronique Bohbot (Douglas Institute researcher and associate Professor at McGill University and the Douglas Research Institute of the CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’Île de Montréal) shows that while video game players (VGPs) exhibit more efficient visual attention abilities, they are also much more likely to use navigation strategies that rely on the brain’s reward system (the caudate nucleus) and not the brain’s spatial memory system (the hippocampus). Past research has shown that people who use caudate nucleus-dependent navigation strategies have decreased grey matter and lower functional brain activity in the hippocampus. 

Classified as: brain, McGill University, neurological disorders, McGill, hippocampus, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, video games, grey matter, Veronique Bohbot, psychiatric disorders
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Published on: 20 May 2015

With the arrival of spring, millions of Canadians have begun their annual ritual of sneezing and wheezing due to seasonal allergies. A research team at the Montreal Children’s Hospital from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) is bringing them hope with a potential vaccine that nudges the immune response away from developing allergies.

Classified as: immune system, Vaccine, allergies
Published on: 14 May 2015

Everyone likes to look at young babies. But who wants to listen? Well…it turns out that other babies do.

Classified as: news, Research, NSERC, Baby, babble, Language development, Linda Polka, School of Communication Disorders
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Published on: 12 May 2015

The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and the Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids (CCIC) have launched a registry for users of medical cannabis in Quebec that will allow physicians to better manage its use and monitor patient safety.

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Published on: 11 May 2015

Imagine taking strands of DNA – the material in our cells that determines how we look and function – and using it to build tiny structures that can deliver drugs to targets within the body or take electronic miniaturization to a whole new level.

Classified as: Nanotechnology, Research, DNA, chemistry, McGill News, Hanadi Sleiman, Graham Hamblin, Janane Rahbani
Published on: 6 May 2015

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