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2017 Qu茅bec Science Discovery of the Year Award goes to the cancer-detection probe developed by听Kevin Petrecca and Fr茅d茅ric Leblond

Qu茅bec Science magazine鈥檚 25-year tradition continues: every fall, a jury comprised of researchers and journalists selects the top 10 most impressive discoveries in Quebec in the past year and the public is asked to vote to select the winner. This year, a cancer-detection probe was chosen by nearly a third of approximately 4,400 votes cast in the 2017 Discovery of the Year contest.

Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (HBHL) is a high profile, high priority multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral initiative located at 麻豆社 made possible with support from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (). The HBHL Strategic Research Plan outlines the vision, deliverables, and overall goals of the initiative, and the research priorities of its four research themes.

You鈥檙e about to turn 60, and you鈥檙e fretting. Your mother has had Alzheimer鈥檚 disease since the age of 65. At what age will the disease strike you? A Canadian study published in JAMA Neurology shows that the closer a person gets to the age at which their parent exhibited the first signs of Alzheimer鈥檚, the more likely they are to have amyloid plaques, the cause of the cognitive decline associated with the disease, in their brain.

's investment of $150 million in 麻豆社's Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (HBHL) and Western University's marks a pivotal step that will unlock the mysteries of the human mind and lay the groundwork for a pan-Canadian network of collaboration that promises to uncover new ways to treat, prevent and cure brain disorders.听

NeuroSGC created to increase volume and quality of cell assays for drug discovery

A new partnership between the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) and the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) will use a unique open science framework to help scientists discover new targets for drug development for neurological diseases.

The partnership, called NeuroSGC, will initially focus on Parkinson鈥檚 disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), two of the most common neurodegenerative diseases.

Senate of Canada recognizes outstanding contributions to the community听

The Senate of Canada has awarded Alan Evans a Canada 150 medal for his commitment to advancements in Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and palliative care research. He was nominated by , a former research fellow at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, and Associate Professor of the 麻豆社 School of Social Work.

Brain stimulation can change how much we enjoy and value music

Enjoyment of music is considered a subjective experience; what one person finds gratifying, another may find irritating. Music theorists have long emphasized that although musical taste is relative, our enjoyment of music, be it classical or heavy metal, arises, among other aspects, from structural features of music, such as chord or rhythm patterns that generate anticipation and expectancy.