2018

Brain nutrition front and center at the Food4BrainHealth international scientific network

After several years of close collaboration between Canadian and French research teams, thirteen institutional partners from Canada and France, including Université Laval and France's National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), today founded the International Research Network Food4BrainHealth. The new network is dedicated to nutrition and brain health, from predictive biology to disease prevention and treatment.

— 18 décembre 2018

Partnership between the National Research Council of Canada, the Régie du bâtiment du Québec and Université Laval: New collaboration to better protect Canadians from the impacts of pyrrhotite

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— 17 décembre 2018

Quebecers’ diets have not improved in the past 15 years

Despite countless public awareness campaigns on the importance of healthy eating habits, a study led by researchers at Université Laval shows a lack of improvement in Quebecers' diets. According to the study published today on the Canadian Journal of Cardiology website, diet quality among adults in Québec doesn't even earn a passing grade, with an overall score of 55%.

— 6 décembre 2018

International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies launched

Université Laval and its university and college partners, in cooperation with reputed research centres, nongovernment organizations, businesses, government institutions, and groups in Quebec, across Canada, and around the world, are joining together to launch the International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies (OIISIAN) and position Québec in this key field.

— 3 décembre 2018

Université Laval takes part in major pan-Canadian research project on concussions in youth sports

Université Laval professors will take part in a large

— 15 novembre 2018

Université Laval Students Win Global Business Challenge

A team of students from the Faculty of Business Administration at Université Laval (FSA ULaval) won the 2018 Global Business Challenge, an international business case competition held a few days ago in Brisbane, Australia. The FSA ULaval delegation beat out 134 teams representing 57 universities in 25 countries.

— 2 octobre 2018

Amazonian fruit prevents obesity in overfed mice

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— 30 août 2018

Thales and Université Laval to improve astronauts’ medical autonomy for future missions to Mars

A team of scientists from Université Laval's Faculty of Medicine and experts from Thales Research and Technology have been selected by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to develop a computerized medical condition knowledge base and mission

— 10 juillet 2018

A dietary supplement increases muscle-force production by 50% in the Duchenne muscular dystrophy mouse model

force production in the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) mouse model by 50% in ten days, according to a study conducted by researchers from Université Laval's Faculty of Medicine and Centre hospitalier universitaire (CHU) de Québec Research Centre

— 28 juin 2018

Probiotics protect bees from an infection associated with colony collapse disorder

Adding probiotics to bees' food helps make them more resistant to nosemosis, a fungal infection associated with colony collapse disorder that has been observed in Europe and North America over the past 20 years. Probiotics can decrease the mortality rate of this infection in bees by up to 40%, report researchers at Université Laval in the most recent edition of Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

— 17 mai 2018

Canadian stroke victims at higher risk of dying in rural hospitals

Canadians who suffer a stroke have a higher risk of dying if they are treated in a rural hospital rather than an urban one. According to a new study published in PLOS One by Université Laval researchers, the mortality rate in the months that follow a stroke is approximately 25% higher for patients treated in rural areas.

— 12 février 2018

Researchers discover the unexpected role of platelets in immune response

Platelets play a much more important role in our immune system than previously thought, according to a study published by researchers from Université Laval and Centre hospitalier universitaire (CHU) de Québec Research Centre. In addition to their role in coagulation and healing, platelets also act as the immune system's first responders when a virus, bacterium, or allergen enters the bloodstream. This discovery, details of which are published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), opens the door to new ways to treat patients with septic shock caused by viral or bacterial infection as well as people with auto

— 1 février 2018

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