/neuro/taxonomy/term/254/all en /neuro/article/open-science-research/q-eddus-new-director We spoke to Tom Durcan about his new position, the role of stem cells in disease research and some exciting new developments at the EDDU. Wed, 12 Jan 2022 19:19:05 +0000 Shawn Hayward 5307 at /neuro /neuro/channels/event/neuro-workshop-human-induced-pluripotent-stem-cell-hipsc-training-course-330013 <p><strong>Apply to register via <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3R59C3W">Survey Monkey</a>.</strong></p> <p><strong>Application Deadline: April 15, 2021</strong></p> Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:30:50 +0000 mackenzie.currie@mail.mcgill.ca 4937 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/mni-forms-promising-open-science-partnership-takeda-283212 <h2>Industry and academia team up for the benefit of people suffering from ALS</h2> <p>A unique industry-academia partnership will increase the rate at which promising drug compounds can be tested as potential treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease with no known cure that affects 200,000 people worldwide.</p> <p>The partnership between The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (MNI) and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Takeda) will allow compounds developed by Takeda scientists to be tested on cell lines produced at the MNI.</p> Mon, 04 Dec 2017 17:46:14 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 2856 at /neuro /neuro/article/research/ms-month-feature-studying-mysterious-brain-cell Newest member of The Neuro’s MS research team is taking a unique approach. Tue, 26 May 2020 15:58:03 +0000 Victor Swoboda 4577 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/turning-skin-cells-brain-cells-268068 <h2>Microglia, critical to Alzheimer’s research, can now be produced artificially</h2> <p>The quest for better understanding of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has a powerful new tool at its disposal — the ability to artificially generate brain cells that have been shown to play an important role in the disease function.</p> Wed, 10 May 2017 16:16:29 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 2617 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/brain-tumour-awareness-week-290936 <p><strong>Providing excellent care and the latest research to help patients</strong></p> <p>The Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada estimates that 27 Canadians a day are diagnosed with a brain tumour and 55,000 are living with one. This Brain Tumour Awareness Week we recognize the toll this disease takes on patients and the work being done to improve their quality of life.</p> Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:07:03 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 3220 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/mni-researchers-receive-funding-study-arsacs-264344 <p>Two researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (MNI) of Æ»¹ûÒùÔº have received funding to study a devastating neurodegenerative disease that first appears in toddlers just as they are beginning to walk.</p> Thu, 24 Nov 2016 16:53:42 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 2350 at /neuro /neuro/article/open-science-research/why-im-giving-my-data-away There hasn't been a breakthrough in Parkinson's research since the 1960s. That’s why Thomas Durcan is making his lab's methods available to anyone who wants them. Mon, 08 Jul 2019 19:18:25 +0000 Thomas Durcan 3889 at /neuro /neuro/article/open-science-research/4m-open-science-drug-screening Funds will support development of precision therapies for ALS and Parkinson’s disease Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:39:22 +0000 Shawn Hayward 3845 at /neuro