News in Research

2012

• Five big strides to fight lung disease in our tiniest patients

  Posted on Wednesday, December 5, 2012

  OTTAWA, December 5, 2012 — For Ottawa scientist and neonatologist Dr. Bernard Thébaud, even publishing a major paper reporting five significant discoveries still doesn't seem quite enough— he is determined to apply his laboratory breakthroughs in neonatal intensive care units (NICU).

• Protein injection points to muscular dystrophy treatment

  Posted on Tuesday, November 27, 2012

  OTTAWA, November 27, 2012 — Scientists have discovered that injecting a novel human protein into muscle affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy significantly increases muscle size and strength, a finding that could lead to a therapy akin to the use of insulin by diabetics.

• uOttawa helps Nashville Zoo make history with first captive breeding of eastern hellbenders

  Posted on Tuesday, November 27, 2012

  OTTAWA, November 27, 2012 — The University of Ottawa and the Nashville (Tennessee) Zoo are pleased to announce the first ever captive breeding of eastern hellbenders and the first controlled breeding of any hellbenders using biotechnology. The two hellbenders were successfully hatched from eggs produced and artificially fertilized from the Nashville Zoo’s long-term captive animals.

• Putrescine water may be Fountain of Youth for eggs

  Posted on Monday, November 26, 2012

  OTTAWA, November 26, 2012 — An Ottawa scientist has discovered a critical reason why women experience fertility problems as they get older. The breakthrough by Johné Liu,  a senior scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and professor at the University of Ottawa,  also points to a simple solution that could increase the viability of egg cells for women in their late 30s and older — putrescine water.

• Out-of-pocket payments by users to health care providers: a very inequitable funding method

  Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2012

  OTTAWA, November 20, 2012 — According to the World Health Organization, each year more than 100 million people are plunged into poverty because of catastrophic health care expenses.

• Inaugural symposium on the science of light brings together old school and new school

  Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2012

  OTTAWA, November 15, 2012 — The University of Ottawa hosted more than 140 physicists, students and industry representatives at its inaugural Schawlow-Townes Symposium on Photonics, in honour of Charles H. Townes and the late Arthur L. Schawlow.

• Finding the missing link: uOttawa researcher’s discovery for cancer treatment and more

  Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2012

  OTTAWA, November 14, 2012 — Dr. Derrick Gibbings, professor in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ottawa, and his research team have discovered a link that will help to develop better drugs for treating cancer and other neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s. The findings are published in the advanced online version of Nature Cell Biology.

• Legislated Inequality: How Canada’s two-tier system of migration endangers our heritage of enabling immigrants on the path to citizenship

  Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2012

  OTTAWA, November 13, 2012 — Canada’s vastly expanded program of temporary migration represents a radical shift in the country’s immigration policy that threatens Canada’s history as a country of immigrants on the path to citizenship, according to a new collection on this growing phenomenon published this month.

• How can employees shape their managers’ charismatic leadership behaviour?

  Posted on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

  OTTAWA, November 6, 2012 — Employees can influence their managers’ charismatic leadership behaviour through their acts of followership, explains an article published in the Journal of Psychology by uOttawa professor Laurent M. Lapierre from the Telfer School of Management. 

• Largest genetic coronary artery disease study to date shows hard evidence of the link between inflammation and heart disease

  Posted on Sunday, November 4, 2012

  OTTAWA, December 4, 2012 — The University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) participated in the largest genetic study of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) to date. Researchers from the CARDIoGRAMplusC4D Consortium report the identification of 15 genetic regions newly associated with the disease, bringing to 46 the number of regions associated with CAD risk.