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U of T Engineering team designs new hydrogel that opens pathways to more targeted cancer treatments
July 28, 2022 | A team of U of T Engineering researchers, led by Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, BME, Donnelly), has designed a new way to grow cells in a laboratory that enables them to better emulate cancerous tumours.
Faces of BME – Amber Xue
July 14, 2022 | Having exposure to biomedical sciences at a young age, Amber Xue continued her passion for clinical research at Molly Shoichet’s lab. She is also actively engaged in knowledge translation from academia to industry.
BME PhD Candidate receives WFIRM Young Investigator Award
July 13, 2022 | Erik Jacques was one of the recipients of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Young Investigator Award.
Reverse engineering the heart: U of T Engineering team creates bioartificial left ventricle
July 8, 2022 | U of T Engineering researchers have grown a small-scale model of a human left heart ventricle in the lab. The bioartificial tissue construct is made with living heart cells and beats strongly enough to pump fluid inside a bioreactor.