June 11, 2014 | Julie Juan Pablo Lopez Congratulations to Juan Pablo Lopez, whose recent publication in Nature Medicine is getting a lot of press! Read: The paper: Juan P. Lopez, Raymond Lim, Cristiana Cruceanu, Liam Crapper, Caroline Fasano, Benoit Labonte, Gilles Maussion, Jennie P. Yang, Volodymyr Yerko, Erika Vigneault, Salah El Mestikawy, Naguib Mechawar, Paul Pavlidis, and Gustavo Turecki. miR-1202 is a primate-specific and brain-enriched microRNA involved in major depression and antidepressant treatment. Nature Medicine, June 2014. McGill’s Press release: A tiny molecule may help battle depression, by Cynthia Lee In addition, this story has been featured in many news stories, including these: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140608152544.htm http://www.medicaldaily.com/people-depression-lack-proper-levels-rna-molecule-could-targeting-molecule-lead-new-treatments http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/06/08/new-research-finds-small-molecule-may-help-battle-depression/70942.html http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-06-tiny-molecule-depression.html http://www.lfpress.com/2014/06/09/tiny-molecule-may-help-battle-depression-study-claims http://canadajournal.net/health/scientists-find-tiny-molecule-may-help-battle-depression-9837-2014/ http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/262540471.html http://www.torontosun.com/2014/06/09/tiny-molecule-may-help-battle-depression-study-claims http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2014/06/09/tiny-molecule-may-help-battle-depression-study-claims http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/06/10/mcgill-university-discovers-new-molecule_n_5480625.html http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/molecule-discovery-may-lead-to-improvements-in-treating-depression-1.1861313 http://www.firstpost.com/living/new-molecule-discovery-will-help-battle-depression-1562139.html http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1113165189/depression-marker-microrna-mir-1202-060914/ http://nvonews.com/tiny-molecule-mir-1202-will-help-cure-depression/ http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2014/06/09/42–Novel-way-to-treat-depression-found-.html http://www.informationhospitaliere.com/actualite-23013-decouverte-d-un-marqueur-depression.html http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2014/06/10/traitements-depression-decouverte-molecule_n_5472688.html