A rich social environment is associated with better cognitive health outcomes for older adults, study finds

Published: 27 January 2026

Research by an interdisciplinary team from McGill University and Université Laval provides new insights into the links between social factors and cognitive health among aging adults....

Plants retain a ‘genetic memory’ of past population crashes, study shows

Published: 12 February 2026

Researchers at McGill University and the United States Forest Service have found that plants living in areas where human activity has caused population crashes carry long-lasting genetic traces of...

Pan-Canadian Genome Library Achieves Major National Milestone with Agreement to Integrate >15,000 genomes from HostSeq and BQC19  

Published: 5 February 2026

The Pan-Canadian Genome Library (PCGL), hosted at McGill University, today announced a major milestone in the implementation of Canada’s national genomics infrastructure with the planned...

Findings suggest that certain medications for Type 2 diabetes reduce risk of dementia

Published: 15 January 2026

A large McGill University study has found that two classes of medications commonly prescribed for Type 2 diabetes, both incretin-based, are associated with a reduced risk of dementia....

Pathological lying in teens is associated with executive function deficits, study indicates

Published: 3 February 2026

Teenagers who are pathological liars also tend to struggle with executive function deficits, such as poor memory or impulse control, researchers have found.

Hippocampus does more than store memories: it predicts rewards, study finds

Published: 29 January 2026

A preclinical study published in Nature has found evidence that the hippocampus, the brain region that stores memory, also reorganizes memories to anticipate future outcomes.

Lithium study yields insights in the fight against HIV

Published: 21 January 2026

Lithium, a widely used treatment for bipolar disorder and other mood disorders, has shown early promise in suppressing HIV, McGill University researchers report....

McGill University to partner with United Arab Emirates and Indonesia to train next generation of professionals and drive societal change

Published: 5 February 2026

For over 50 years, McGill University has been collaborating with Indonesia’s education sector. Now a planned donation of US$12.8 million from the UAE via the Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation...

Irradiated cannabis might still harbour toxic fungi and residues, McGill study finds 

Published: 15 January 2026

Gamma irradiation, an industry-standard sterilization method for medicinal and recreational cannabis, does not fully eliminate toxic fungi or their chemical residues, a McGill University study has...

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