Université Laval

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Towards new treatments for autoimmune diseases

Health - Jan 13
Health

Research team develops new drug to block antibodies involved in multiple sclerosis-like disease.

Health - Feb 12

An experimental vaccine to protect young children against two respiratory viruses

The nasally-administered vaccine currently under development could protect children aged 6 months to 5 years against bronchiolitis and pneumonia.

Nutritional information on alcoholic beverages: a misleading health halo

Agronomy & Food Science

This type of information leads more people to believe that an alcoholic product is not harmful to their health.

Life Sciences - Dec 11, 2025

Roundup affects the fertility of male bumblebees

Life Sciences

This herbicide is said to have sub-lethal effects that fly under the radar of ecotoxicological studies.

Life Sciences - Nov 20, 2025

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: the metabolic path to curb the disease

Life Sciences

Laval University study reveals role of nervous system cell metabolism, combined with inflammation, in ALS-related neuronal degeneration.

Health - Jan 6

Lupus: discovery of markers to identify patients most at risk

Health

An international team discovers three markers that can be used at diagnosis to determine the risk of systemic lupus progressing to a severe form of the disease.

Health - Dec 16, 2025

Platelets play a key role in rheumatoid arthritis

Health

A study suggests that it may be possible to alleviate this autoimmune disease by preventing platelets from binding to white blood cells.

Health - Dec 1, 2025

Polymedication: eight is a key number

Health

This indicator would enable us to quickly identify elderly people at risk of frequent emergency room visits and death.

Health - Nov 18, 2025

A step towards the first Canadian drug for fatty liver disease

Health

A synthetic molecule derived from a natural omega-3 has shown promising results against this disease, which affects around 20% of Canadian adults.