Study offers evidence that racial bias is at play in overrepresentation of Black youth in Canadian child welfare systems

Published: 12 January 2026

Researchers who examined Canadian child welfare data found that Black children were not only investigated at a higher rate than their white peers but were also more likely to be taken from their...

New evidence challenges understanding of Parkinson’s disease 

Published: 17 December 2025

A McGill-led study is challenging a popular theory about how dopamine drives movement, a discovery that could shift how scientists think about Parkinson’s disease treatments. ...

Brain discovery opens door to earlier detection of metabolic syndrome in women

Published: 9 December 2025

McGill University researchers have identified a brain function that helps explain why childhood stress raises metabolic health risks for some women later in life....

Group therapy helps cancer survivors reclaim life after treatment 

Published: 3 December 2025

A program developed by a McGill researcher to help cancer survivors cope with the fear their cancer will return is expanding across Canada. ...

Scientists decode the full range of oat genomes, opening the door to more nutritious, climate-smart crops

Published: 28 November 2025

Researchers have cracked one of agriculture’s most complicated genomes, revealing long-hidden DNA rearrangements that could help scientists breed oats that are more resilient, nutritious and...

Mosquitoes’ feeding tubes make ultrafine 3D-printing nozzles

Published: 22 December 2025

Researchers in McGill’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and at Drexel University have developed an innovative manufacturing technique that makes female mosquito proboscides, or feeding tubes,...

Researchers find link between psychosocial stress and early signs of heart inflammation in women

Published: 4 December 2025

Women who report high levels of psychosocial stress, such as from caregiving and lack of emotional support, show signs of early heart tissue changes associated with cardiovascular disease – an...

Do supervised consumption sites bring increased crime? Study suggests that’s a myth

Published: 6 January 2026

Overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites in Toronto are not associated with long-term increases in local crime, McGill University researchers have found....

Microencapsulated B-vitamins help dairy cows produce more milk with fewer emissions

Published: 11 December 2025

A new international study led by McGill University in collaboration with Jefo Nutrition shows that supplementing dairy cow diets with microencapsulated B-vitamins can significantly reduce...

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