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McMaster and Celesta partner to accelerate deep tech innovation and commercialization

A new partnership between McMaster University and Celesta Capital will cultivate the next generation of deep tech innovations at McMaster and within the broader Canadian research and startup ecosystem.
5-Mar-2024 5:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Researchers create method to detect cases of anemia in archaeological remains

Anthropologists working with a hematologist colleague have developed a way to detect anemia in archaeological remains by using microscopic patterns in the structures of bones.
28-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Researchers identify new choice of therapy for rare autoimmune disease EGPA

An international team, including researchers from McMaster University and St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, has identified a new therapeutic for patients with a rare autoimmune disease called eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). A...
23-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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McMaster and ALK researchers discover new cell that remembers allergies

Researchers with McMaster University and Denmark-based pharmaceutical company ALK-Abello A/S have made a groundbreaking discovery: a new cell that remembers allergies.
5-Feb-2024 9:30 AM EST Add to Favorites

Immune response, not acute viral infections, responsible for neurological damage, McMaster researchers discover

For years, there has been a long-held belief that acute viral infections like Zika or COVID-19 are directly responsible for neurological damage, but researchers from McMaster University have now discovered that it’s the immune system’s response...
1-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Surgeons’ choice of skin disinfectant impacts infection risk, Canadian-American study shows

Researchers of the PREPARE trial, which enrolled nearly 8,500 participants at 25 hospitals in Canada and the United States, found the use of iodine povacrylex in alcohol to disinfect a patient’s skin could prevent surgical site infection in...
29-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

McMaster researchers create instruction manual to detect rare cells that could unlock secrets to allergies

Researchers with McMaster University have created the instruction manual that will help scientists across the globe find hard to detect B cells.
18-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST Add to Favorites


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