"La mort de l'empathie humaine est l'un des signes les plus précoces et les plus révélateurs d'une culture sur le point de sombrer dans la barbarie." Hannah Arendt

The story of the discovery of monoclonal antibodies 50 years ago shows how the free exchange of ideas can lead to life-changing treatments go.nature.com/45nqemD

Current status of Canada/US in the #Pyrocene Key Facts: 741 active fires, 304 out of control 16.5 million acres burned 2 fatalities reported 40,000+ displaced, including Indigenous communities Severe air quality degradation across Canada & parts of the U.S.

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The values that matter in medicine. Dr William J. Mayo in his commencement address to Rush Medical College, 1910: mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-… Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Today, it is estimated that health care churns out, an almost incomprehensible amount of data—exceeding 2.3 zettabytes (10^21) of data and growing. Precision oncology science and this data wealth need to be harnessed... Vivek Subbiah, MD

Michel Talagrand is a French mathematician whose profound work revolutionized modern probability theory. He received the 2024 Abel Prize, mathematics' highest honor, for his groundbreaking contributions. Talagrand is renowned for masterfully solving long-standing open problems

In 1965, the mathematical physicist Roger Penrose proved that, given two simple assumptions, space-time must end at points called singularities. The paper has been called “the most important paper in general relativity” since Einstein’s. quantamagazine.org/singularities-…

Glenn Gould died 4 October 1982 (in Toronto).

Génie ou fabulateur ? Un ex-étudiant de McGill revendique une percée extraordinaire pour le traitement de l’alzheimer et Parkinson. McGill l’accuse de « tromper le public ». lp.ca/jAbiUn?sharing…

When you throw a ball at a wall, you can be sure it will bounce back at you. You would be extremely surprised if the ball suddenly appeared on the other side of the wall. In quantum mechanics this type of phenomenon is called tunnelling and is exactly the type of phenomenon that

The Nobel Prize A landmark in realizing quantum mechanics at the macroscopic scale. #NobelPrize #nobelprize2025 #Nobel #PhysicsNobel #Physics The Nobel Prize

Transformation numérique de la Santé: le ministère du Numérique a demandé cinq fois l'arrêt d'un important projet en déroute | JDQ journaldequebec.com/2025/10/09/tra…

Dossier santé numérique sous la loupe: Québec cherche à mettre les données des citoyens à l’abri des autorités américaines | JDQ journaldequebec.com/2025/10/09/dos…

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PubMed, one of the most comprehensive databases of biomedical research, has NOT been updated for the last two weeks.

On this day in 1957, Lester B. Pearson received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in resolving the Suez Crisis through the creation of the United Nations Emergency Force. The selection committee stated Pearson had "saved the world".

It is with great sadness that the International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) shares the news of the death of Dr. Brian G.M. Durie, co-founder of the organization. Read the press release: mmsm.link/4q95XLn Joseph Mikhael Vincent Rajkumar

MGUS to MM prediction using proteomics: c-index of 0.9! Vincent Rajkumar Francesco Maura doi.org/10.1182/blooda…