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New study: Montreal researchers identify three drugs that could reduce mortality in severely ill COVID-19 patients
Researchers from the RI-MUHC and the º«¹úÂãÎè Genome Centre examine differences in ICU patients who recovered or died from COVID-19 and identify candidate drugs to treat severe…
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The dazzling potential of RNA therapies
Billions of people around the world have now received a Moderna or BioNTech-Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Created with synthetically developed messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) that…
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º«¹úÂãÎè joins Moderna in battle against global health threats
º«¹úÂãÎè is the first university in Canada to join the global platform that will accelerate the development of and expand the impact of mRNA vaccines and medicines º«¹úÂãÎè…
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Similar to editing a film, mRNA splicing allows cancer cells to change the narrative
Researchers identify mechanism that offers potential to new therapeutic avenues º«¹úÂãÎè researchers are part of a new study led by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)…
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Researchers unlock mysteries of complex microRNA oncogenes
New research led by º«¹úÂãÎè’s Goodman Cancer Research Centre improves our understanding of microRNAs MicroRNAs are tiny molecules of nucleic acid that control gene expression…