Hand-held device lets patients monitor their own blood for cancer biomarkers

Researchers at McMaster and Brock have created the prototype for a device that could pave the way for home-based cancer monitoring, much like the monitors that people with diabetes use to test their blood-sugar levels.

Ontario invests $1 million in McMaster researchers’ effort to prevent the next pandemic

The investment will be used to create a nationally accessible library of compounds that will accelerate the work of McMaster’s Global Nexus for Pandemics and Biological Threats.

WATCH: COVID-19 and aging adults

Parminder Raina, scientific director of the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, explains a new nationwide study that will investigate the spread and impact of COVID-19 on older adults.

15 McMaster researchers awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grants

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) is investing more than $800,000 to support the work of 15 McMaster researchers. 

CFI invests more than $3.4 million in McMaster research

Ten McMaster researchers have been awarded more than $3.4 million in infrastructure funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

McMaster to spearhead collaborative project on building a resilient Canadian medical isotope supply chain

McMaster will be leading a collaborative project to identify challenges -- and evaluate potential technology, logistical, regulatory and policy solutions – facing Canada’s medical isotope supply chain.

Alex Adronov named director of the Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research

Chemist began his work at the BIMR as a summer student in 1992 and “never looked back.”

New McMaster lab will design tech to support nuclear innovations and increase recycling

A new research collaboration between McMaster and Laurentis Energy Partners will advance nuclear energy innovations and identify long-term solutions on how materials are handled in the industry. 

Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy (CCEM) to merge with the Faculty of Health Sciences electron microscopy facility

The combined facility will continue to operate out of both the A.N Bourns Science Building (CCEM) and the Health Sciences Centre (CCEM@FHS).

McMaster researchers awarded $19M in federal funding

Funding announced today by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) will support 83 McMaster researchers through the agency’s Discovery Grants program.

Canadian clinical trial tests ‘old’ plasma therapy for COVID-19

Can the antibodies in the blood plasma of COVID-19 survivors help others suffering from the disease? A McMaster researcher is at the forefront of one of the world’s largest clinical trials of a potential treatment for COVID-19.

Juravinski Research Institute funds eight research projects

Philanthropists Charles and Margaret Juravinski have made a new gift of $3.3 million to accelerate COVID-19-related and brain health research as part of the newly formed Juravinski Research Institute in Hamilton.

New tech lets experts detect toxic chemicals in wastewater faster

From four hours to 10 minutes, new technology created by McMaster engineers lets experts test water toxicity more efficiently.

McMaster researchers uncover hidden antibiotic potential of cannabis

McMaster researchers have identified an antibacterial compound made by cannabis plants that may serve as a lead for new drug development.

Condom nation

McMaster researchers have peered into the most intimate moments of sexually active women and men across Canada to ask if they’re using condoms, gathering data that could inform decisions around public health and sex education.

Watch: Tracking the virus

Kenneth Rosenthal, head of the viral vaccines division at the McMaster Immunology Research Centre, talks about how research teams across the globe are searching for a COVID-19 vaccine.