Expert: The dangers of relying on medical advice found online

Published: 21 January 2025

A new survey by the Canadian Medical Association found 37 per cent of respondents took medical advice they found online because they don’t have access to a doctor, leading to significant health...

Researchers find design flaws and oversight issues in certain health apps, offer solutions for more effective tools

Published: 6 November 2024

AI-powered apps offering medical diagnoses at the click of a button are often limited by biased data and a lack of regulation, leading to inaccurate and unsafe health advice, a new study found.

Genome Canada and McGill to track COVID-19 variants of concern

Published: 27 April 2021

Genome Canada launched the Canadian VirusSeq Data Portal today to track the evolving COVID-19 pandemic across Canada. McGill University researcher Guillaume Bourque, a professor in the Department...

McGill-led EpiShare project named a 2019 GA4GH Driver Project

Published: 4 February 2019

EpiShare will join the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) as a 2019 Driver Project. GA4GH, an international group of 22 leading genomic data initiatives, works collaboratively to...

International Human Epigenome Consortium studies mark major step forward for epigenetics research

Published: 17 November 2016

One of the great mysteries in biology is how the many different cell types that make up our bodies are derived from a single cell and from one DNA sequence, or genome. We have learned a lot from...

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