TV5 visits the brain bank

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The French public television network, TV5 visited the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank highlighting its crucial role in science. View the report here (in French only): https://information.tv5monde.com/international/au-canada-une-banque-de-cerveaux-precieuse-pour-la-science-2674299

CBC visits the Brain Bank

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The CBC visited the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank to understand how the “brain repository is helping researchers better understand, and improve, our collective mental health.” View the report here: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.6864241

Naguib Mechawar featured on Y’a du monde à messe

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Naguib Mechawar featured on Y’a du monde à messe, a weekly interview show broadcast on Téléquébec and hosted by Christian Bégin. Dr. Mechawar enthusiastically walks us through his work both as a researcher and as the Director of the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank, then shares his perspective on some of the challenges facing research. View the … Read more

Autism BrainNet, a program funded by the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) announced a new collaboration with the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank

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Autism BrainNet, a program funded by the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) announced a new collaboration with the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank (DBCBB). This collaboration will allow Canadian individuals and families the opportunity to consider postmortem brain donation to help advance research on the causes and treatments of ASD. Pictured are Louis Reichardt, SFARI … Read more

Important discovery on Alzheimer’s disease

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Listen to a report by Jean-François Bouthillette on research done at the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital by Gilbert Bernier, who has discoverd that when a gene called BMI1 stops being expressed normally, the typical problems of Alzheimer’s disease start showing up in the brain.  This modification in BMI1 expression could explain the most common form, sporadic Alzheimer’s … Read more