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Pr. Guillaume Bourque, Director of Bioinformatics at the McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre, published an article in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology on the retrovirus HERV, a long noncoding RNA required for human embryonic stem cell identity.   The discovery sheds light on the role viruses play in human evolution and could help…

Toronto CNW – March 24, 2014 – The Prize, established by Friends of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (FCIHR), in collaboration with the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences recognizes leaders of exceptional achievement in science and health policy of international stature. Professor Lap-Chee Tsui, President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Hong Kong, will…

Dr. Guy Sauvageau’ team from the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) achieved a significant breakthrough thanks to the laboratory growth of leukemic stem cells, which will speed up the development of new cancer drugs. In a recent study published in Nature Methods, the scientists describe how they succeeded in identifying two new…

Did you know that approximately 80% of rare diseases have a genetic origin? Did you know that almost 75% of these diseases affect children? On this special day, Génome Québec wishes to salute the involvement and commitment of the Québec researchers who are working in finding the origins and treatments of rare diseases. A rare…

Why are obesity, diabetes and heart disease among the leading causes of mortality in our society? How can promoting a healthy lifestyle turn back that tide? How can genomic research help us better understand the specific role prevention plays when it comes to health? On February 13 and 14, 2014, internationally renowned scientists will be…

Congratulations to Pr. Guillaume Bourque from the Department of Human Genetics at McGill University and researcher at the Génome Québec and McGill University Innovation Center, whose project Genetics and Genomics Analysis Platform (GenAP) has been funded by CANARIE, a nonprofit organization that funds programs for advancing the digital infrastructure in Canada. With this funding, a…

A team led by Vincent Martin, Professor of Microbiology at the Department of Biology at Concordia University, has published an article entitled Reconstruction of a 10-gene pathway for synthesis of the plant alkaloid dihydrosanguinarine in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, published in Nature Communications: http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/140211/ncomms4283/full/ncomms4283.html

A new study by Canadian researchers may pave the way for more effective treatment of an aggressive and deadly type of brain tumour, known as ETMR/ETANTR. The tumour, which is seen only in children under four, is almost always fatal, despite aggressive treatment.  The study proposes a new model for how this brain tumour develops…

Genome Canada and Génome Québec are pleased to announce UCB Canada Inc.’s contribution to a four-year study aimed at developing a personalized medicine approach to the early diagnosis of various types of epilepsy. The $10.8 million project, “Personalized medicine in the treatment of epilepsy”, forms the Canadian Epilepsy Network (CENet) and is led by Dr.…

Génome Québec pays tribute to Fred Sanger, who died on Tuesday 19 November 2013, at the age of 95. He was the quiet giant of genomics, the father of an area of science that we will explore for decades to come. His achievements rank alongside those of Francis Crick, James Watson, Rosalind Franklin and Maurice…