Brain development controlled by epigenetic factor

Published: 10 March 2015

McGill researchers have discovered, for the first time, the importance of a key epigenetic regulator in the development of the hippocampus, a part of the brain associated with learning, memory and...

Chronic pain alters DNA marking in the brain

Published: 14 February 2013

Injuries that result in chronic pain, such as limb injuries, and those unrelated to the brain are associated with epigenetic changes in the brain which persist months after the injury, according to...

A surprise advance in the treatment of adult cancers

Published: 11 January 2017

A team of researchers at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has found an epigenetic modification that might be the cause of 15% of adult cancers of the throat...

Honey, I shrunk the ants: how environment controls size

Published: 11 March 2015

Until now scientists have believed that the variations in traits such as our height, skin colour, tendency to gain weight or not, intelligence, tendency to develop certain diseases, etc., all of...

Article from Dr. Michael Meaney's lab featured in ScienceDaily

Published: 11 October 2012

From the lab of CIFAR Fellow Michael Meaney (McGill University): Scientists have provided evidence that socioeconomic status affects family function and the development and function of brain...

Father's lasting influence: Molecular foundations of intergenerational transmission of the paternal environment

Published: 22 April 2015

Laval and McGill researchers team up with Health Canada and international researchers from Africa, Italy, Copenhagen and Greenland to investigate the impact of environmental exposures on the...

DNA signature found in ice storm babies

Published: 29 September 2014

The number of days an expectant mother was deprived of electricity during Quebec’s Ice Storm (1998) predicts the epigenetic profile of her child, a new study finds.

Dr. Carl Ernst's research featured in the Montreal Gazette

Published: 11 October 2012

Rare genetic mutation linked to psychiatric illnesses, obesity ...

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