2025
Launch of Neuromuscular Disease Panel Testing
October 31, 2025
Effective September 8, 2025, London Health Sciences Centre’s (LHSC) Division of Molecular Diagnostics will be offering a new neuromuscular disease testing panel in accordance with provincial testing recommendations. This testing will replace the current Charcot-Marie-Tooth panel in addition to expanding the list of tests for genes associated with additional neuromuscular disorders.Testing medical innovations on the ground in Nigeria
August 07, 2025
For people with Parkinson’s disease, early diagnosis is critical. By identifying symptoms early, health-care providers are able to initiate early intervention that can slow symptom progression. However, understanding and monitoring early symptoms can be challenging, especially in low-resource countries where access to health-care technology is limited. This summer, engineering PhD student Olusoji Ogunbode was on the ground in Nigeria working to tackle that challenge under the supervision of engineering professor and project lead Ana Luisa Trejos.$7.2M boost for London-based Alzheimer’s, cancer studies
February 05, 2025
London researchers studying how molecular imaging can improve cancer care and the detection and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease have received a major boost. Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph’s Health Care London is receiving $7.2 million in funding for studies in an emerging field of medicine that combines ultra-precise scans and “theranostics,” a term formed by the words therapeutics and diagnostics.Exercise, weight loss and 10 other ways to avoid dementia, according to London scientists
January 02, 2025
A team of researchers in London have channeled the power of research into creating a straightforward list of steps, like moving more and managing blood pressure, that anyone can take to reduce their risk of dementia. The list of factors that researchers believe contribute to dementia, while not unknown to this point, is now backed by new research from the Lawson Research Institute, which found that about half of dementia cases in Canada are connected to lifestyle factors that can generally be controlled. "The best way to treat dementia is preventing or delaying onset. The nice thing about finding out these risk factors, is it means we can change our dementia risk by changing something in our daily life," said Surim Son, the study's lead author and a PhD candidate at Western University.Study reveals brain’s predictive power
October 05, 2026
As we move through the world, our brains do more than plan our actions – they anticipate potential disruptions. A new study published in the high impact journal Nature reveals that we rely on sensory expectations to get prepared for unexpected disturbances, helping us react faster and more accurately. This transformative discovery deepens our understanding of the body’s motor system and could lead to new approaches in stroke and injury rehabilitation. It also holds promise for the development of brain-computer interfaces, like those currently pioneered by Neuralink and Synchron based on decades of neuroscience research, that could one day harness the brain’s remarkable ability to expect the unexpected.
