A major Douglas-led project has been awarded a Brain Canada grant. The Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank, an essential platform for brain research in Canada will receive $2,028,000 in new funds under the Canada Brain Research Fund, half being provided by the Government of Canada and half provided by private donors, research institutions, provincial funding agencies, and charitable organizations partnering with the Brain Canada Foundation. This Brain Canada Platform Support Grant was obtained in part thanks to the support of several partners : Bell Canada, Santé , Économie, Innovation et Exportation Québec, the Réseau Québécois sur le suicide, les troubles de l’humeur et les troubles associés (FRQ-S), the Douglas Institute and Foundation.
Important discovery on Alzheimer’s disease
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
