An international research collaboration, led by Western University, has developed a new imaging technique that will save hospitals money and more importantly, give some patients a second chance at life. Utilizing functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology,...
Researchers at Western University have published the first study in the world showing a decline in the incidence of dementia at a whole population level which they believe is connected to the overall decline in strokes. Between 2002 and 2013, the incidence of stroke...
New findings by Melvyn Goodale from Western University's Brain and Mind Institute, in collaboration with Australian researchers at Swinburne University of Technology and La Trobe University, show that people with high autistic tendencies see the world very differently...
Scientists at Western University have developed new technology that has the potential to drastically improve food safety. Dr. Michael Rieder and his team have created a new rapid-test system to detect E. coli 0157 – a food-borne bacteria most commonly found in ground...
Following a well-established blueprint for success, Western University has established the Western Medical Innovation Fellowship program – a new endeavour that immerses highly talented young scientists, engineers, and clinicians in a training and research heavy...
Western University’s Eric Arts, PhD, is leading the only North American site collaborating with the European AIDS Vaccine Initiative (EAVI2020) to accelerate the development of an HIV vaccine. Arts and his team of researchers at Western’s Schulich School of Medicine...
Western University has taken a significant step towards becoming a global leader in the field of early childhood development research and intervention.
Medically inducing hypothermia in a patient has been shown to prevent further brain injury following stroke, brain trauma or cardiac arrest but the process also cools the entire body potentially leading to blood clotting and even heart attacks. A medical device to...
A worldwide call to action, spearheaded by Western University researcher Dr. Vladimir Hachinski, is calling for more attention to the link between reducing strokes and preventing dementia. Approximately 747,000 Canadians live with dementia, including Alzheimer’s...
As Doc Brown looks back to the future, Western University is preparing for this weekend's 75th Anniversary celebrations of the Hume Cronyn Memorial Observatory. Named for the late Hume Blake Cronyn (a prominent lawyer and politician in London, Ont. at the turn of the...
New insight into a vital cerebral pathway has explained how some patients in a vegetative state are aware despite appearing to be unconscious and being behaviourally unresponsive. The findings, published in JAMA Neurology, identify structural damage between the...
Western University's Leadership and Democracy Lab is hosting a post-Canadian federal election panel on Tuesday, October 20, which will feature experts from Western's Department of Political Science and the Ivey School of Business. After delivering opening statements...
