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According to a study of more than 65,000 women, a test for a wide range of genetic risk factors could improve doctors’ ability to work out which women are at increased risk of developing breast cancer. This study, the most definitive of its type conducted so far, was funded by a range of organisations including…

The CHU Sainte-Justine is proud to announce the creation of the Jonathan Bouchard Intellectual Disability Research Chair, as the result of an outstanding demonstration of support from the Sandra and Alain Bouchard Foundation This $3-million donation represents the largest individual philanthropic gift ever directed toward intellectual disability research in Canada and the first initiative of its kind in the…

Génome Québec salutes the Québec researchers for their performance in the Canadian Genomics Innovation Network competition by winning four of the ten projects! Congratulations to Philip Awadalla from Sainte-Justine UHC – Université de Montréal, Guillaume Bourque from McGill University, Mark Lathrop from McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre and Pierre Thibault from the Institute for…

McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre in the top 6 of PacBio’ certified services provider!   This certification provides a competitive advantage to service providers and helps ensure that their customers will receive the highest-quality genetic analysis services. To read the news, click here. Télécharger le document

The IHEC Data Portal was developed to integrate and distribute datasets produced by various IHEC (International Human Epigenome Consortium) member consortia. The Portal was created by the team of Dr. Guillaume Bourque at McGill University, through a project funded under the CIHR Canadian Epigenetics, Environment, and Health Research Consortium (CEEHRC). The Portal implements a database and a graphical interface…

Sophisticated software cuts through the complexity of genomic data and makes it accessible to researchers and practitioners Compute Canada and CANARIE, two critical components of Canada’s national digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced the launch of GenAP, a tool that enables Canadian researchers to easily access and use genomic data to advance…

Congratulations to Dr. Sauvageau’s team who was voted Québec Science Discovery of the year thanks to the discovery of a new molecule that expands stem cells from umbilical cord blood.   This discovery will significantly increase the availability of compatible cord blood for treating patients with illnesses like leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. For many patients this therapy…

A study carried out by dozens of scientists, and published in Nature Genetics, identified 15 new genetic markers that can increase the risk of breast cancer. Each of these genetic variations, identified through this study and other research, is known to raise a woman’s risk of breast cancer by a small amount. It’s another step towards a…

Researchers from Canada, the UK, Sweden and the US have discovered more than 30 genes that strongly affect an antibody involved in allergies and asthma. Some of the genes could provide targets for drugs to treat those conditions, according to the international team’s study, published online in Nature on Feb. 18. The researchers, including four from McGill…

Génome Québec is pleased to learn that a $3-million donation from Rio Tionto enables the CHU Sainte-Justine to lay the groundwork for a Centre for Rare Genetic Disorders to support some 50,000 sick children in the province. The Centre, headed by Dr. Jacques Michaud, will ensure better synergy between various existing platforms, including the Clinical…