I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and...
[caption id="attachment_2807" align="aligncenter" width="549"] Dr. Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker, Chair, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto[/caption] Ever since the idea of an Immunology graduate student-run magazine was proposed to me back...
Dr. Gary Chao completed his PhD in 2014 in the laboratory of Dr. Philippe Poussier, where he investigated the genetic determinants of type 1 diabetes. Leveraging his experience in multidisciplinary...
Addiction is arguably one of world’s most pressing global health problems but is also among the least recognized. Approximately 40 million Americans - or 1 in 7 people over the...
null • hypothesis In December 2014, IMMpress Magazine published the first of many articles on graduate mental health. At the time, I had considered using that article to call out...
Studying specific genes that influence a person’s response to medication has become one of medicine’s hottest area of research. The field – aptly named pharmacogenetics after the two areas of research...
In the 1960s, cigarettes were ubiquitous throughout Canada. Smoking was permitted in restaurants, schools, hospitals and airplanes, and “lighting up” was advertised widely on TV, radio, billboards, and in magazines....
Historically, the term “addictive” was associated with illegal substances that produce a high intensity of intoxication and induce severe withdrawal symptoms. However, there has been a shift in our understanding...
In March 2018, the Liberal government produced a federal budget that included a proposal for a national pharmacare program, a coverage that has long been discussed since its first recommendation in...
Over the years, countless drugs have been developed, but only one has had enough of an impact to be referred to as The Pill. Today, approximately 100 million women worldwide...
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