NuvOX Pharma, a Tucson Arizona-based biotechnology company, received the green light in the form of a “No Objection Letter” form Health Canada to initiate a Phase 2a clinical trial investigating NanO2 in COVID-19 patients with acute hypoxic respiratory failure (AHRF)....
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McGill University Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory Identify New Role of Genetic Risk Factor in Alzheimer’s Disease
McGill University, Neuroimaging Translational Laboratory researchers, recently announced that they have uncovered that the apolipoprotein ꜫ4 (APOE ꜫ4) gene is associated with an even greater role in dementia. Background In a recently published study in...
McGill University Spinoff Emerged as Leading Mid-Market CRO Establishes Asian Center of Excellence
With a deep expertise in epidemiology and biostatistics by Dr. John Sampalis, Canada-based JSS Medical Research was spun out of McGill University back in 1997. Today, the clinical research organization (CRO) has rapidly expanded global aspirations with a vision of...
McGill University Pushing Toward a New Era of Precision Medicine
Although large biobanks exist in countries such as the UK, US, and China, smaller, local studies are critical validation tools for any healthcare system with distinct genetic diversity. The University – McGill University Ayat Salman, a PhD student in the Department of...
McGill Leads Quebec Cancer Research Collaborative Raising $27.9 Million for Personalized Medicine & Immunotherapies
The Quebec Cancer Consortium for Novel Therapeutics and Biomarkers (QCC), a collaborative between six leading hospital and cancer research center sites based in Montreal. The collaborative is led by McGill University’s Goodman Cancer Research Centre (GCRC) and was...
McGill University Uncovers Maternal Gestational Diabetes Linked to Condition in Children
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (RI-MUHC) reports on recent study results which reveals that children of mothers who had gestational diabetes during pregnancy could be at increased risk of type 1 diabetes themselves. Early detection of...
McGill University Researchers Identify Safe Cannabis Pain Release Precluding the High
McGill University Health Centre reports that a team of their investigators have pinpointed effective doses of marijuana plant extract cannabidiol (CBD) for safe pain relief without the typical “high” or euphoria produced by THC. They recently published their findings...