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Summary • Neurodegenerative diseases impair cell signalling, with antibodies becoming lost in cell signalling pathways. • New process allows body’s cells to reach the brain and deliver the necessary antibodies. • Process taps into cells natural recycling mechanism of autophagy to delete useless hitchhiking cells to help healthy ones reach their destination.

Reducing barriers, increasing support important for diverse, healthy physician workforce in Canada.

How is the Brain-Heart Interconnectome (BHI) Initiative – an interdisciplinary network of researchers, trainees, patient partners and other knowledge users – working toward its goal of improving brain-heart health for all?

Demographic trends can no longer be considered separately from the planetary boundaries of a world facing environmental crises, argue a group of international experts in a rebuttal to pronatalist arguments gaining political traction worldwide.

We are pleased to announce that HRREC member Van Armenian successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis last October 1st, 2026.

Roadsides may not look like wildlife habitat, but a few simple changes to how they are maintained could turn them into much better places for pollinators. A new uOttawa-led study found that reducing mowing and herbicide use along rural roadsides led to a 45 percent jump in pollinator numbers and a 23 percent increase in the number of species found there.

Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa were able to reverse certain behavioural symptoms in a mouse model of autism by fixing a problem in the brain blood vessels. Their findings, published in Neuron, present a promising new treatment target for these symptoms.

Cooling a home overnight may not be enough to protect older adults from the physiological effects of repeated daytime indoor overheating during a multi-day heatwave, according to new research from the University of Ottawa.

What happens when Francophone scientists are given the opportunity to present their research in their first language? They can share their science with the same confidence and passion they bring to the lab every day. Thanks to Professor Emily Standen’s support for the new French-language symposium at the Canadian Society of Zoologists Annual Meeting, science is becoming more inclusive, one present...

The University of Ottawa and Library and Archives Canada (LAC) announced today a new partnership that will combine research, expertise and documentary heritage to foster public dialogue and deepen understanding of the issues and stories that shape Canada.