Cameron Currie and his research team are studying a novel source of possible antimicrobial drugs: The bacteria that work with fungus-growing ants to protect their gardens from disease.
In a groundbreaking study, McMaster researchers have identified a potential treatment for Sandhoff and Tay-Sachs diseases — two rare, often fatal lysosomal storage disorders that cause progressive damage to nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.
Stephen Garrett has received a prestigious fellowship from the European Molecular Biology Organization worth more than $134,000.