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The Cumming School of Medicine is named in honour of Geoffrey Cumming, left, shown with medical school Dean Jon Meddings at the 2014 event announcing the largest donation in the ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ’s history. Photos by Jaekyun Im, for the Cumming School of Medicine

Reflections on our first five years as the Cumming School of Medicine

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A number of ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ researchers will be part of a Pan-Canadian "brain trust" of microbiome experts including, top row from left: Paul Kubes, Joe Harrison, Braedon McDonald, Ian Lewis, and Markus Geuking. Bottom row, from left: Kathy McCoy, Marie Claire Arrieta, Shaunna Huston, and Laura Sycuro. Photos by Don Molyneaux, for the Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases

ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ to lead pan-Canadian microbiome research core

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Henry Ogbomo, left, and Chris Mody have discovered that the body's army of natural killer cells have different ways to attack predators, like cancerous tumour cells and the microbes that cause infections. Photos by Pauline Zulueta, Cumming School of Medicine

UÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ scientists examine our serial killers within

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Stephen Freedman, left, says probiotics are not an effective treatment for children who experience diarrhea and vomiting caused by intestinal infections. Freedman led a research study involving teams throughout Canada; the findings show there was no evidence that probiotics had any effect on reducing symptoms or helping with recovery. This information should prove helpful for parents like Melanie Tibbits, here with her children Wyatt, 3, and Sawyer, five months.

New study reveals probiotics do not help children with intestinal infections

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Matthew James, left, talks with patient Sam Hannon, who underwent two angioplasty procedures after having a heart attack, and his wife Myrna Hannon.

Researchers make essential imaging tests safer for people at risk of acute kidney injury

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