September 18, 2019
News and Media
Updates from Brain Canada and from the global brain community
Brain Canada-funded Researchers in the News
October 03, 2019
Women and science suffer when medical research doesn’t study females
Medical science has a deadly historical bias problem: until very recently, most studies only included males. The article features Dr. Jeffrey Mogil, and mentions research supported by the 2014 Brain Canada Team Grant he received.
October 03, 2019
Eye scan sheds new light on Alzheimer’s disease
New research has demonstrated that a quick, non-invasive eye scan can identify changes in the retina that could be used to diagnose Alzheimer's disease. This research was supported by a CQDM - Brain Canada Focus on Brain Grant, led by Dr. Jean-Paul Soucy.
October 03, 2019
ALS gene may be a hitchhiker’s guide to the neuron
Scientists peered inside neurons and watched the workings of annexin A11, a gene linked to a rare form of ALS. They found that neurons may normally use the gene to ship internal housekeeping instructions via a newly discovered “hitchhiking” system and that disease-causing mutations may tie up deliveries at the cell’s loading docks. This research is supported by an ALS Society of Canada/Brain Canada Arthur J. Hudson Translational Team Grant.