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This year in research at McGill

Ralph Haddad • April 4, 2013

McGill researchers treat autism in mice] November 2012 On November 21, McGill researchers released a paper in Nature describing their success in inducing and reversing autism symptoms in mice, marking one of the first real steps toward treating autism. Researchers knocked out a specific gene in mice that was involved… Read More

Raising awareness of infectious diseases

Zoë Knowles • March 28, 2013

On March 21, the Comparative Healthcare Systems Program (CHSP) presented its second annual International Public Health Conference on the topic of infectious diseases. The aim of the conference was to encourage a healthcare dialogue at McGill. “The theme speaks to the breadth that [CHSP] focuses on,” said Max Deschner, a… Read More