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News and Discoveries at Western

Read about discoveries supported by animal-based science at Western:



  • International team uses AI to discover new drugs for fighting cancer and infectious disease
    Western News | November 17, 2025

  • Signal in the silence: Western researchers uncover hidden potential in discarded MRI data
    Western News | November 13, 2025

  • Western study reveals brain’s predictive power
    Western News | October 29, 2025
  • Wolves fear human ‘super predator’ – for good reason
    Western News | October 5, 2025

  • How Western’s Centre for Animals on the Move is safeguarding ecosystems
    Western News | May 29, 2025

  • Widely available supplement shows promise protecting offspring from negative effects of cannabis
    Western News | April 1, 2025

  • Grazing ‘solar’ sheep offer lucrative solution for farmers
    Western News | January 7, 2025

  • Concussions and the risk of neurodegeneration among athletes
    Western News | September 27, 2024

  • Researchers find potential therapeutic to counteract mental health effects of cannabis
    Western News | July 29, 2024

  • Western to revolutionize drug development for brain diseases with $24M federal funding boost
    Western News | Apr 26, 2023

  • Western prof finds bird feeders don’t alter chickadee survival and reproduction
    Western News | March 9, 2023

  • Bird brains can flick switch to perceive Earth’s magnetic field
    Western News | May 25, 2023

  • Western research sheds light on symptoms of understudied spine disease
    Western News | May 17, 2023