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Insecure childhood clouds teen years, adulthood

Toronto, Nov 26 (IANS) Insecure childhood casts its shadow well into teens and adulthood, says a new study.

Isabelle Tremblay, researcher at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre, and Michael Sullivan, psychology professor at McGill University, launched this study to elaborate on why childhood experiences play a major role in later relationships.

‘Although previous studies in adults [...]

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Customised HIV treatment closer to reality

Washington, Nov 26 (ANI): Scientists from McGill University have come up with an innovative, customised HIV treatment that has proved to be more effective against the virus than the anti-retroviral cocktails currently used.

The new therapy developed by Dr. J-P. Routy of McGill University and Dr. R. S

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‘Made in Pakistan’ stands alone in Mumbai film fest

Mumbai, Nov 4 (IANS) ‘Made in Pakistan’, a documentary that gives a glimpse into the thinking of modern day Pakistanis, was the only film from across the border which was screened in the 11th Mumbai Film Festival.

‘This is a futuristic or revolutionary film that could portray where new-gen Pakistanis wish to see themselves in [...]

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Learning to talk changes the way we hear other’s speech

Washington, Nov 3 (ANI): Learning to talk makes it easier to understand the speech of others, according to scientists at Haskins Laboratories.

The researchers said that the findings could have a major impact on improving speech disorders.

“We’ve found that learning is a two-way street; [...]

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Different learning patterns lead to different type of memory formation

Washington, October 2 (ANI): McGill University researchers in Canada have shown that different patterns of training and learning lead to different types of memory formation.

Describing a study they conducted in the Journal of Neuroscience, they say that its significance [...]

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Sound, vision wired through similar neural code in brain

Washington, Aug 13 (ANI): A similar neural code in the human brain controls how people perceive a sound and an image, according to a new Canadian study.

Researchers from the Universite de Montreal and the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University have explained how the same neural code in the brain allows people to distinguish between [...]

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Boffins successfully reverse multiple sclerosis in mice

London, Aug 12 (ANI): In a breakthrough study, researchers have successfully reversed multiple sclerosis in mice with the help of a new experimental treatment.

According to researchers at the Jewish General Hospital Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and McGill University in Montreal, the new treatment known as GIFT15 has reversed the devastating autoimmune disorder in [...]

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