A global standard bearer in basic and applied research to vanquish cancer
IRIC, located in the heart of the Université de Montréal campus, operates according to a unique model in Canada that combines, under one roof, fundamental research activities, a university-level training program and a research maturation team. These generate discoveries that advance knowledge or that can quickly translate into new therapeutic solutions.
IRIC Investigators have made major discoveries involving the mechanisms regulating collective cell migration. Notably, this type of displacement is used by cancer cells that break away from a primary tumor to colonize another part of the body and form metastases…
An international research team has developed a new strategy that can predict the potential clinical implications of new therapeutic compounds based on simple cellular responses. This discovery was partly led by scientists affiliated with Université de Montréal (UdeM), and represents a major step forward in developing more effective drugs with fewer side effects, much faster than before. The researchers conducted their work at Centre de Recherche de l’Hôpital Ste-Justine and published their findings in the prestigious journal Nature Communications.
Researchers at UdeM have discovered a molecular process implicated in the action of anti-leukemia drugs, opening new avenues for the development of effective treatments for this disease.
On June 20, 2019, Trang Hoang, Principal Investigator at IRIC, was appointed Officer of the Ordre national du Québec. The honorary decoration, awarded by Premier François Legault, is the greatest distinction handed out by the Government of Quebec, paying tribute to exceptional people who have done outstanding work for the province.
IRIC has been awarded a 10-million dollar grant from the government of Quebec’s Fonds d’accélération des collaborations en santé (FACS), to develop new cancer-fighting drugs in collaboration with biopharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb and collaborators from seven academic research centres from Quebec and abroad.
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