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Dr. Falcone to co-lead the Pan-Canadian Network on Long COVID Biomedical Team

March 22 2023

IRCM Increases Student Scholarships

March 17 2023

Provincial Initiative on Diabetes Care

March 10 2023

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Promising new research on aggressive breast cancer

Better treatments of HER2-positive breast cancer are closer at hand, thanks to new research by a team led by Professor Jean-François Côté at the cytoskeleton organization and cell-migration research unit of IRCM.

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A genetic mutation that protects against disease

In a study published in the journal eLife, the team of Mathieu Ferron, Director of the Research Unit in Molecular Physiology at the IRCM, unveiled an optimized version of the hormone that could be the basis for innovative therapies.

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