Gene discovered to cause rare, severe neurological disease

Published: 28 November 2016

Researchers have linked a debilitating neurological disease in children to mutations in a gene that regulates neuronal development through control of protein movement within neuronal cells. 

ALS – Fostering awareness of a devastating disease

Published: 2 June 2017

ALS takes away the patient’s motor functions one at a time, and the progress of finding effective drugs to counter its insidious effects has been slow. June is ALS Month, a good time to update the...

ALS Awareness Month – June 2016

Published: 13 June 2016

The Neuro is recognized as a major Canadian center for ALS research and patient care. During June, designated ALS Month, The Neuro redoubles its efforts to inform the public and the media about...

Peter McPherson inducted into the Royal Society of Canada

Published: 10 September 2014

Dr. Peter McPherson, James McGill Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University has been named a Fellow of the...

Major ALS Research Funding Announced

Published: 23 November 2016

MNI scientists will study stem cells, genetic mutations to develop new treatments...

Breakthrough in understanding how cancer cells metastasize

Published: 26 February 2015

Montreal Neurological Institute scientists discover a new mechanism driving spread of cancer ...

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