/newsroom/taxonomy/term/8058/all en /newsroom/channels/news/exciting-advance-stem-cell-therapy-358315 <p>A new technique developed by ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ researchers for mechanically manipulating stem cells could lead to new stem cell treatments, which have yet to fulfill their therapeutic potential.</p> <p>Stem cell therapy has been heralded as a new way to treat many diseases, ranging from multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s and glaucoma to Type 1 diabetes. The anticipated advances have yet to materialize in part because it has proved much more difficult than originally thought to control the types of cells that develop from stem cells.</p> Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:25:32 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 314577 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/rules-road-navigational-strategies-bacteria-motion-330989 <p>Bacteria that move around live on the edge. All the time. Their success, be it in finding nutrients, fending off predators or multiplying depends on how efficiently they navigate through their confining microscopic habitats. Whether these habitats are in animal or plant tissues, in waste, or in other materials.</p> Tue, 11 May 2021 16:58:31 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 264788 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/delay-second-doses-covid-19-vaccines-has-epidemiological-benefits-long-term-effects-depend-strength-329377 <p>Delaying second doses of COVID-19 vaccines should reduce case numbers in the near term; however, the longer term case burden and the potential for evolution of viral ‘escape’ from immunity will depend on the robustness of immune responses generated by natural infections and one or two vaccine doses, according to a study from ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ and Princeton University published today in <i>Science</i>.</p> Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:07:30 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 256659 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/building-living-breathing-supercomputers-259294 <p><em><strong><span>By Katherine Gombay, <a href="/newsroom">±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Newsroom</a></span></strong></em></p> <p>The substance that provides energy to all the cells in our bodies, Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), may also be able to power the next generation of supercomputers.</p> Fri, 26 Feb 2016 14:48:41 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 25398 at /newsroom