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Three teams secure funding for groundbreaking congenital heart disease research Investigators will lead cutting edge research to support those living with CHD and their families Heart & Stroke, together with Brain Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Circulatory and...

With support from CCS and Brain Canada, three teams of experts are undertaking large-scale projects to change the lives of people affected by advanced cancer.  It takes big ideas – and bold researchers – to help more people live well with and beyond advanced cancer. That’s why new grants announced...

Researchers in the Trudeau Lab. Skim through Brain Canada’s annual reports and you will spot the familiar face of Dr. Louis-Éric Trudeau. Dr. Trudeau led one of the five teams selected through the Brain Repair Program, launched in 2003, to pursue novel, paradigm-changing ideas. His team had two...

The major objectives of this research program are to measure the function of the heart and blood vessels following SCI and to investigate the mechanisms that are responsible for any changes that occur. Project Overview The major objectives of this research program are to measure the function of the...

This research project, led by Dr. V. Wee Yong from the University of Calgary, focused on the immune system, which is comprised of two major components, the innate and adaptive systems. Innate immunity is the first immune component to sense and respond to an injury. Project Overview This research...

Microglia are the brain’s immune cells. Project Overview Microglia are the brain’s immune cells. Research in recent years has revealed their crucial role in preventing the development of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). However, the precise mechanisms by which...

Close to 600,000 Canadians currently live with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, but effective therapies are limited and focus on symptom management rather than a cure. Project Overview Close to 600,000 Canadians currently live with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, but effective...

Dr. Freda Miller studies brain injury in children It was early 2010, and the research team in Dr. Freda Miller’s lab at the Hospital for Sick Children had just made an exciting discovery: they’d identified a crucial pathway for telling developing neural stem cells to make neurons and glia in the...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to dramatic alterations in physical and mental well-being. Project Overview Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to dramatic alterations in physical and mental well-being. It is well understood that people with severe SCI lose their ability to move. However, a lesser-known...

Epilepsy – a brain disorder defined by repeated seizures – imposes significant challenges for individuals and society. Project Overview Epilepsy – a brain disorder defined by repeated seizures – imposes significant challenges for individuals and society. One of the most challenging cases of...