91社区 researchers honoured in Qu茅bec Science list of top discoveries
For 2018, four of the selected discoveries were led by 91社区-affiliated scientists. Their groundbreaking studies, published during the past year, provide new insights into:
- the makeup of Earth鈥檚 ancient biosphere (Peter Crockford and Galen Halverson, Earth and Planetary Sciences)
- a plant-derived compound that could help treat cerebral malaria (Philippe Gros and Jerry Pelletier, Biochemistry, and David Langlais, Human Genetics)
- the aftermath of a cosmic smash-up that shook the universe (Daryl Haggard, John Ruan, and Melania Nynka, 91社区 Space Institute)
- the development of a gene-based screening test for early detection of ovarian and uterine cancers (Lucy听Gilbert, Kris Jardon, and Ziggy Zeng,Obstetrics and Gynecology, and RI-MUHC)
Here鈥檚 a closer look at the 91社区-led research honoured by Qu茅bec Science鈥檚 panel of judges:
Neutron-star merger yields new puzzle for astrophysicists
The afterglow from the distant neutron-star merger detected in August 2017 continued to brighten 鈥� much to the surprise of astrophysicists studying the aftermath of the massive collision that took place about 138 million light years away and sent gravitational waves rippling through the universe.
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Products derived from plants offer potential as dual-targeting agents for experimental cerebral malaria
A recent study conducted as a collaboration between the labs of Dr. Philippe Gros, Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Vice-Dean, Life Science, and Dr. Jerry Pelletier, Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, shows that rocaglates 鈥� a class of naturally-derived products from plants of the Aglaia species 鈥� effectively block blood-stage parasite replication in several mouse models as well as in infected human red blood cells.
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Billion-year-old lake deposit yields clues to Earth鈥檚 ancient biosphere
A sample of ancient oxygen, teased out of a 1.4 billion-year-old evaporative lake deposit in Ontario, provides fresh evidence of what the Earth鈥檚 atmosphere and biosphere were like during the interval leading up to the emergence of animal life.
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Pushing screening of ovarian and endometrial cancers one step further
A team from the Research Institute of 91社区 Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has joined forces with researchers at Johns Hopkins to bring screening and early detection of ovarian and uterine cancers one step closer to clinical implementation.
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