He was followed by Salim Yusuf of McMaster University and Michael R.

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Dr DeBruine, of McMaster University, Canada, said previous research had shown that people were more likely to trust others who looked like them.

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An economics graduate of McMaster University in Canada, Teik Ngan joined MBf as a credit officer in 1984, a year before the Malaysian economy went into a tailspin.

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Other work, such as that of researchers from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, demonstrated that bacteria in the gut known as gut flora play a role in how the body responds to stress.

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"We've shown this is something that has a biological effect, " says Mark Tarnopolsky, a co-author of the study and a professor of pediatrics and medicine at McMaster University Medical Center in Hamilton, Ontario.

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