Publications by authors named "Marie LeBel"

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Can J Health Hist

April 2023

Based on a socio-historical database consisting of semi-directional interviews with nurses from the Northeastern Ontario region and using narrative approach, this paper exploring a new way to present the results of research in the history of mental health care and services. The witnesses, nurses who practiced in a northern Ontario regional setting between 1965 and 2015 with patients with severe mental health disorders (SMHD), describe the challenges they may have faced in providing psychiatric care at different times of this long period of time during their practice. From the data we drew (extract) and build a narrative fictional scenario.

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Regenerating animals have the ability to reproduce body parts that were originally made in the embryo and subsequently lost due to injury. Understanding whether regeneration mirrors development is an open question in most regenerative species. Here, we take a transcriptomics approach to examine whether leg regeneration shows similar temporal patterns of gene expression as leg development in the embryo, in the crustacean .

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Article Synopsis
  • Osteosarcoma, a common bone cancer in kids, has a poor prognosis, especially when it spreads to the lungs, highlighting the need for new treatments targeting both tumor growth and metastasis.
  • This study developed a humanized anti-PDPN antibody, which interacts with platelets and promotes tumor growth, and evaluated its effects on osteosarcoma cell lines and models.
  • The results showed that the new antibody significantly reduced tumor growth and metastasis in models expressing PDPN, offering a promising new strategy for treating PDPN-positive osteosarcoma without harmful side effects.
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This paper presents the way we try to track the history of mental health services offered to residents of official language minority communities throughout Northern and Eastern Ontario. The study also holds an interest in the post-deinstitutionalization paths of patients suffering from mental health conditions. Our research strand concerns Northern Ontario, its patient associations, its services, its specialists and its institutions and the access to hospitals archives.

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