Using truth to confront atrocity

McMaster’s new Centre for Human Rights and Restorative Justice looks at how countries – and people – heal after conflict.

Scurvy is still a thing in Canada

McMaster University researchers surveyed the data of patients of Hamilton’s two hospital systems over nine years and found 52 with low Vitamin C levels. This included 13 patients who could be diagnosed as having scurvy, and an additional 39 who tested positive for scurvy but did not have documented symptoms.

Special delivery: McMaster physicists design ‘super-human’ red blood cells to deliver drugs to specific targets within the body

A team of physicists from McMaster University has developed a process to modify red blood cells so they can be used to distribute drugs throughout the body, which could specifically target infections or treat catastrophic diseases such as cancer or Alzheimer’s.

VISION study finds connection between cardiac blood test before surgery and adverse outcomes

A common cardiac blood test done before surgery can predict who will experience adverse outcomes after most types of surgery, says an international study led by Hamilton researchers.

Trust and social support important to heart health among Canadian First Nations: Study

A major study has found that Canadian First Nations communities with greater socio-economic advantages, educational opportunities, social support of family members and greater trust between community members have lower cardiac risk factors.

College of Health Inventors created at McMaster

A networking think tank focused on fostering success in entrepreneurship and innovation has been formed at McMaster University.

Digging into diets

Researchers analyze artifacts in one of Mesoamerica's earliest villages that suggest the community was in the early stages of establishing a complex social organization.

Indigenous and Hamilton researchers work together on health study

Indigenous researchers are working together with their non-Indigenous academic partners to analyze a major health study at a Hamilton-based research institute.

Secret behind diabetes drug’s benefits revealed

Researchers at McMaster University have unlocked one of the secrets behind the many benefits of metformin.

McMaster helps solve world shortage of cancer-treatment isotopes

The unexpected shutdown of a nuclear reactor halfway around the world has left McMaster University as the world’s only supplier of the isotope that irradiates the “seeds” used to treat prostate and other forms of cancer.

Long-term study finds faster breast cancer radiation treatment as effective as longer course

A shorter course of higher-dose radiation treatment to part of the breast is showing promise in women with early-stage breast cancer who undergo breast conserving surgery, says a study led by Hamilton researchers.

Better way to interpret blood tests reduces need for CT scans to diagnose pulmonary embolism

A study led by Hamilton researchers has found a new way to interpret blood test results in patients who are investigated for blood clots in their lungs, a condition known as pulmonary embolism.

McMaster researcher warns plastic pollution in the Great Lakes is a growing concern to ecosystems and human health

Research from a leading international expert on the health of the Great Lakes suggests that the growing intensity and scale of pollution from plastics poses serious risks to human health and will continue to have profound consequences on the ecosystem.

Potent antimicrobial found that shows promise in fighting staph infections

Research led by scientists from McMaster University has yielded a potent antimicrobial that works against the toughest infectious disease strains.

Virtual and mixed reality inferior to traditional learning in anatomy education, says McMaster study

New research suggests that virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) are inferior to traditional physical models of learning, and have major disadvantages in cost and functionality.

Cannabis found not to be a substitute for opioids, say McMaster researchers

There has been interest in cannabis being used as a replacement drug for people with opioid use disorder, but research at McMaster University has found it doesn’t work.