91�� News - Medicine and Health Sciences

Researchers at The Neuro show a brain exercise yields benefits

webfull — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:01:17 +0000

A 91��-led clinical trial is the first in humans to show online brain training exercises can improve brain networks affecting learning and memory.

The study found 10 weeks’ use of the game-like app BrainHQ by older adults enhanced cholinergic function, a chemical system in the brain that typically declines with age and influences attention, memory and decision-making.

Published: 14 October 2025

New injectable gel shows promise as voice loss treatment

webfull — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 19:16:10 +0000

91�� team develops hydrogel that outlasted current treatments in a preclinical study, a step toward reducing the need for repeat procedures

91�� researchers have engineered a new hydrogel that shows early promise as a treatment for people with vocal cord injuries.

Voice loss is often permanent when scarring forms on the vocal cords. Current injectable treatments break down quickly, which can force patients to get repeated procedures that can further damage the delicate tissue.

Published: 10 October 2025

91�� researchers awarded $9.7 million in CFI funding

webfull — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:08:32 +0000

Thirty-two 91�� research projects have received new funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation's for investments in research infrastructure to support their innovative projects, for a total federal investment of $9.7 million.

Published: 10 October 2025

New injectable gel shows promise as voice loss treatment

webfull — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:03:59 +0000

91�� researchers have engineered a new hydrogel that shows early promise as a treatment for people with vocal cord injuries.

Published: 10 October 2025

91�� researchers launch intersex health communication guide

webfull — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:56:18 +0000

Researchers at 91��’s Centre of Genomics and Policy (CGP) have launched a first-of-its-kind guide to help Canadian health-care providers offer more inclusive, respectful and affirming care to intersex adults.

Published: 3 October 2025

Biochemistry professor Ian Watson awarded Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network’s Data Sharing & Use Pilot program funding

webfull — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:54:27 +0000

Published: 1 October 2025

New AI tool detects hidden warning signs of disease

webfull — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:28:43 +0000

91�� researchers have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can detect previously invisible disease markers inside single cells.

In a study published in Nature Communications, the researchers demonstrate how the tool, called DOLPHIN, could one day be used by doctors to catch diseases earlier and guide treatment options.

Published: 1 October 2025

91�� researchers win Brain Canada’s Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award

webfull — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:19:25 +0000

Jérôme Fortin, Paul Masset, and Simon Thebault have received the Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award from Brain Canada for their research in brain cognition, brain cancer, and neurological disabilities.

The 91�� researchers are among 22 successful applicants from across the country. They will each receive $100,000 in research funding distributed over a period of two years.

Published: 30 September 2025

Availability of respite care almost triples a palliative care patient’s chance of dying at home

webfull — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 13:20:18 +0000

Access to respite services for family caregivers increases a palliative care patient’s probability of dying at home almost threefold, according to a 91��-led study.

Previous surveys suggest most Canadians with a serious illness would prefer to spend the end of their lives at home. In Quebec, fewer than one-in-10 palliative care patients die at home, a rate that has remained largely unchanged for two decades and lags behind the Canadian average of 15 per cent.

Published: 22 September 2025

Physiology professor Claire M. Brown appointed inaugural Chair for Inclusion in Science and Engineering

webfull — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:52:07 +0000

Claire M. Brown, Professor in the Department of Physiology, has been selected as Chair for Inclusion in Science and Engineering (CISE) in the province of Quebec. The newly established CISE program is jointly funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT).

Published: 9 September 2025

91������ News - Medicine and Health Sciences

Researchers at The Neuro show a brain exercise yields benefits

New injectable gel shows promise as voice loss treatment

91������ team develops hydrogel that outlasted current treatments in a preclinical study, a step toward reducing the need for repeat procedures

91������ researchers awarded $9.7 million in CFI funding

New injectable gel shows promise as voice loss treatment

91������ researchers launch intersex health communication guide

Biochemistry professor Ian Watson awarded Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network’s Data Sharing & Use Pilot program funding

New AI tool detects hidden warning signs of disease

91������ researchers win Brain Canada’s Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award

Availability of respite care almost triples a palliative care patient’s chance of dying at home

Physiology professor Claire M. Brown appointed inaugural Chair for Inclusion in Science and Engineering

91�� News - Medicine and Health Sciences

91�� team develops hydrogel that outlasted current treatments in a preclinical study, a step toward reducing the need for repeat procedures

91�� researchers awarded $9.7 million in CFI funding

91�� researchers launch intersex health communication guide

91�� researchers win Brain Canada’s Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award