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Five Years Later, McGill Alum Niloufar Bayani Remains Detained in Iran
Nikki Bozinoff • February 6, 2023
January 24 marked the fifth anniversary of the detainment of eight Iranian scientists, among them our dear friend and McGill alumnus, Niloufar Bayani. Though the details are murky, we understand that the scientists were arrested on January 24 and 25, 2018 by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard… Read More
Don’t sell our integrity
Nikki Bozinoff • November 30, 2009
In a November 23 interview with The Daily, Principal Heather Munroe-Blum shrugged off the fact that her administration is determined to remove sections of McGill’s research policy that require transparent reporting on all research receiving military funding. “We have so many protocols that govern the ethics of the research that… Read More
Is research ever value-free?
Nikki Bozinoff • September 15, 2009
Considering the ethical implications of the scientific pursuit Read More
Bureaucracy bars children’s access to meds
Nikki Bozinoff • March 30, 2009
Large pharmaceutical companies expected to oppose reforms to flawed legislation Read More
Designing for tuberculosis
Nikki Bozinoff • March 23, 2009
Early 20th century sanatorium architecture reflects dominant treatment paradigms Read More
Eating up reptile culture
Nikki Bozinoff • February 19, 2009
The who, what, and where of keeping reptiles with an animal lover Read More
Progress for women in fight against HIV
Nikki Bozinoff • February 16, 2009
Research from two studies renews hope of finding effective microbicide Read More
Family matters
Nikki Bozinoff • January 12, 2009
Researchers find family rejection a predictor of negative health outcomes in LGB youth Read More
Harper’s win sparsely spectated at McGill
Nikki Bozinoff • October 16, 2008
Lowest voter turnout in Canadian election history Read More
A new promise for the fight against HIV?
Nikki Bozinoff • October 2, 2008
A study comparing vaginal secretions from HIV-1 resistant and non-resistant Nairobi sex workers may have important implications for HIV prevention research. The paper, published in the Journal of Proteome Research, found that proteins known to inhibit HIV are over-expressed in the genital secretions of HIV-resistant sex workers, while others known… Read More
Drug cocktail wings its way to Rwanda
Nikki Bozinoff • September 25, 2008
Canadian medicine to fight HIV/AIDS left for Rwanda yesterday, reviving criticism of the complex federal legislation that allows generic producers to export patented, life-saving drugs to developing countries. Civil society organizations and generic manufacturers are lauding the delivery, but say that unless the legislation – called the Canada Access to… Read More
How heroes evolved
Nikki Bozinoff • September 15, 2008
Science explores the beginnings of courage and combativeness Read More
CKUT produces national news segment
Nikki Bozinoff • September 8, 2008
Students craving grassroots media may want to tune into CKUT 90.3 FM Friday when McGill’s community radio station produces this month’s edition of Groundwire – Canada’s only independent national news radio program. Courtney Kirkby, a volunteer at CKUT hopes that when students listen to GroundWire this Friday, they’ll hear something… Read More