MUHC Research Firsts
The history of research at McGill’s hospitals is as impressive as it is extensive. Take a look through our list of research firsts to see some of the early breakthroughs that helped bring medicine into the modern era, and how that legacy has continued since the creation of the Research Institute of the MUHC in 1999.
Year | Research First | Site | Physician / Scientist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1st Botox Injections for saliva management in children | MCH | Sam Daniel |
| 2005 | First dedicated pediatric insulin pump centre | MCH | Laurent Legault |
| 2005 | Discovery of the gene that controls the speed at which pts develop TB | MGH | Erwin Schurr et al |
| 2005 | 1st successful birth in Canada from frozen egg | RVH | S.L. Tan/R. Cheng-Chian/W. Buckett/L.Gilbert |
| 2005 | Colon cancer is found to be inherited in some cases | RVH | Jeremy Jass |
| 2005 | Hand held advanced asthma decision support developed - pt to physician | RVH | Robyn Tamblyn/Pierre Ernst |
| 2005 | Model of stem cells in mice | RVH | Alan Peterson/Cheryl Friedman |
| 2005 | New peptide involved in cell-to-cell signaling | RVH | Orest Blaschuk/Emmanuelle Devern |
| 2005 | Use of soluble Interleukin (IL)-1 receptor in the treatment of Crohn's disease | MGH | Denis Franchimont |
| 2005 | Diagnostic procedure to assess erectile dysfunction | RVH | Serge Carrier et al |
| 2005 | New protein involved in vessel formation in tumours | RVH | Luis Fernando Congote et al |
| 2005 | New imaging procedure in PET imaging | MGH | Christopher Thomspon |
| 2005 | New pathway of signal transduction in cancer cells | RVH | Eric Chevet et al |
| 2005 | Use of whey-derived proteins in wound repair | MCH | Larry Lands et al |
| 2005 | Novel treatment of osteoporosis | RVH | Peter Siegel et al |
| 2005 | Electronic prevention of prescription errors | RVH | Robyn Tamblyn/Allan Huang et al |
| 2005 | New device for egg preservation in assisted reproduction | RVH | Ri-Cheng Chian/Sean-Lin Tan |
| 2005 | New device for bone repair | RVH | D. Giannitsios/L. Beckman/T. Steffen |
| 2005 | New biochemical pathway in uncontrolled cell | RVH | Jean-Jaques Lebrun |
| 2005 | Discovery of a new gene associated with premature aging | RVH | David Goltzman/Dengshun Miao |
| 2005 | New device for egg collection in assisted reproduction | RVH | Seang-Lin Tan/William Buckett |
| 2005 | New molecules involved in the growth of nerve cells | MGH | Samuel David et al |
| 2004 | Proved the MMR vaccine is not associated with pervasive developmental disorders | MCH | Eric Fombonne |
