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McMaster Health Sciences @machealthsci

Official Twitter account of the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University.

Joined January 2009
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.@McMasterU student duo develops care kits for unhoused people in need. Myra Godara and Ryan Ho, @machealthsci students, have paired up to provide hygiene kits in Hamilton, Niagara and Kitchener-Waterloo, and looking to expand across the province. ow.ly/BROy50WGBiI

McMaster student duo develops care kits for unhoused people in need

Two McMaster students have paired up to provide some important help for people who are unhoused, and people who just need some support.

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Omalizumab and remibrutinib are the most effective drugs for refractory chronic urticaria, finds study. Led by Alexandro Chu, @MacDeptMed research assistant, the meta-analysis compared the benefits and harms of systemic treatments for chronic urticaria. ow.ly/1ou550WGBg5

Omalizumab, Remibrutinib Most Effective for Refractory Chronic Urticaria | HCPLive

Meta-analysis finds omalizumab and remibrutinib most effective for chronic urticaria unresponsive to antihistamines; cyclosporine has greater risks.

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Heart failure drug spironolactone fails to lower cardiovascular risk in dialysis patients. Michael Walsh, principal investigator, @PHRIresearch scientist and @MacDeptMed associate professor, explains the “much-needed clarity” the study's findings provide. ow.ly/HNQz50WGBcn

Heart failure drug spironolactone fails to lower cardiovascular risk in dialysis patients - News -...

Read Population Health Research Institute's post "Heart failure drug spironolactone fails to lower cardiovascular risk in dialysis patients" here. A large international study has found that spirono...

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Cancer survival rates showing improvement, Statistics Canada report says. Jonathan Sussman, radiation oncologist and professor, spoke with @GlobalNews about the success of curative therapy and the impact of socioeconomics on accessing this type of care. ow.ly/Cjas50WG3Wc

Cancer survival rates showing improvement, Statistics Canada report...

Watch Cancer survival rates showing improvement, Statistics Canada report says Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

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Protein language model hits undruggable targets, no structure required, finds recent study. Ray Truant, co-author and professor, spoke with @GENbio about the study - describing how their generalizable AI method works and its therapeutic potential. ow.ly/O2xE50WG3Vb

Protein Language Model Hits Undruggable Targets, No Structure Required

PepMLM generates binders to challenging therapeutic targets across cancer and neurological disease using protein sequence and no structure.

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A diet rich in ultraprocessed grains may increase the risk for IBD, a large study has found. Neeraj Narula, @MacDeptMed associate professor, spoke with @Medscape about the findings and how ultraprocessed foods may affect the risk of IBD. Learn more: ow.ly/jwOp50WFipi
Supermarket shelves filled with bread.

ALT Supermarket shelves filled with bread.
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A multi-institutional team from @McMasterU, @DukeU and @Cornell has developed an AI tool that designs peptide drugs using only protein sequences — a game-changer for hard-to-treat diseases. @PennEngAI ow.ly/BBcT50WFigI

Researchers re-engineer AI language model to target previously ‘undruggable’ disease proteins -...

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Life-transforming hemophilia treatment tested on #HamOnt patients. Davide Matino, @MacDeptMed associate professor, spoke with @TheSpec about the latest research, which aims to treat hemophilia with a simple injection pen once a month. ow.ly/nM0u50WExIL

Life-transforming hemophilia treatment tested on Hamilton patients

McMaster University researchers help show it’s safe to switch from emicizumab.

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Wait, Botox where? How the injectable is helping parents with pelvic pain. Sinéad Dufour, pelvic health physiotherapist & assistant clinical professor, spoke with @Todaysparent about using Botox to address dysfunction of the bladder and the pelvic floor. ow.ly/7lmU50WExFY

Wait, Botox Where? How The Injectable Is Helping Parents With Pelvic Pain - Today's Parent

Inaccurately dubbed “vagina botox”, the unconventional treatment has real success stories, but experts are divided on when it should be used.

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Researchers at @McMasterU have discovered a new antifungal drug candidate. Gerry Wright, principal investigator and professor, explains why there is such an urgency to find new fungal treatments and what this discovery could mean. @CHCHNews ow.ly/uSgB50WExEZ

McMaster researchers discover new antifungal drug candidate

McMaster University researchers have discovered a new drug class that could potentially lead to new treatments for dangerous fungal infections. 

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Congratulations to Lianna Genovese, founder and CEO of ImaginAble Solutions and graduate of @McMasterU’s iBioMed Program, on being one of three finalists chosen to be celebrated at the 2025 Odlum Brown Forum Pitch Finale, as well as the recipient of the Audience Choice Award.
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Congratulations to Kobe Li, iBioMed student, on receiving the prestigious Terry Fox Humanitarian Award — a scholarship that celebrates young Canadians who demonstrate courage, compassion and a commitment to making a difference. ow.ly/Po5a50WExBZ

A vision for change: iBioMed student Kobe Li earns Terry Fox Humanitarian Award 

At just 19, iBioMed student Kobe Li is helping expand access to vision care through his nonprofit, 20/20 Mission. His efforts recently earned him national recognition as a recipient of the Terry Fox...

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Researchers at @McMasterU have discovered a new class of antifungal medicine that targets typically drug-resistant fungal pathogens. ow.ly/kI1T50WCZBF

Researchers discover all-new antifungal drug candidate in McMaster’s greenhouse - Faculty of Health...

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Matthew Miller (@Millerlab_atMac), associate professor & scientific director, spoke with @CdnPressNews about the defunding of mRNA vaccine research in the U.S., which will likely stall development and threaten Canada’s access to vital vaccine technology. ow.ly/qjHC50WCR6n

RFK Jr.’s war on mRNA vaccines breeds distrust, threatens Canada’s access to development: experts

Canadian doctors and scientists say Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s defunding of mRNA vaccine development projects will have negative health effects in Canada and around the world.

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Worldwide shortages of hormone replacement medication leave women struggling. Alison Shea, @McMasterOBGYN assistant professor and obstetrician-gynecologist, spoke with @cbcradio about the shortage and why it’s so problematic. ow.ly/FJuo50WCR5x

There's a worldwide shortage of hormone replacement medication. Here's what that means for women |...

Over the last few years, worldwide shortages of HRT medications have left menopausal and perimenopausal women in the lurch, struggling to find relief from symptoms that range from inconvenient to...

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Meet Anne Klassen. Her career has been the furthest from linear, but with each door she’s opened, she has amplified an important voice: the patient’s. ow.ly/ZQ3L50WCQzJ

This McMaster professor has revolutionized how patients share their experiences

When Anne Klassen walked through the doors at the University of Oxford, she never imagined it would lead to the revolutionization of how health-care systems understand the patient experience. Klassen...

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Researchers at @McMasterU observe never-before-seen bacterial growth behaviour. Detailed recently in @NatureMicrobiol, this behaviour fundamentally changes conventional understandings of how some bacteria grow and multiply. ow.ly/lpBf50WCbt7

McMaster researchers observe never-before-seen bacterial growth behaviour

Findings from a new study, detailing this behaviour, fundamentally change conventional understandings of how some bacteria grow and multiply. [...]Read More...

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