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‘Person-on-a-chip’—U of T biomedical engineers create lab-grown heart and liver tissue for drug testing and more
March 7, 2016 | Professor Milica Radisic’s AngioChip is a new avenue for drug discovery and safe testing
Smarter scans could detect cancer earlier
February 22, 2016 | Professor Hai-Ling Margaret Cheng researches ways to improve MRI scans, which could allow for earlier cancer detection or accelerate the development of personalized medicine
Lab-grown heart cells to improve drug safety
February 22, 2016 | Professor Milica Radisic’s petri dish-grown heart cells to aid pharmaceutical companies detect negative side effects in drugs.
Shape-shifting engineered nanoparticles for delivering cancer drugs to tumours
February 18, 2016 | Professor Warren Chan and his team have developed a novel way to access diseased tissue
Apollo-NADP+: a new cell imaging technique for diabetes, cancer and more
February 15, 2016 | Researchers from Professor Jonathan Rocheleau’s team have created a new biosensor that could help in the fight against cancer, diabetes and other conditions
Molly Shoichet elected as Foreign Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering
February 8, 2016 | IBBME tissue engineering and regenerative medicine expert is one of four Canadians inducted into the NAE this year.
PhD student Nika Shakiba recognized with the 2016 Jennifer Dorrington Graduate Research Award
January 28, 2016 Doctoral candidate awarded for early-career contributions to the field of stem cells research
Craig Simmons named U of T Distinguished Professor of Mechanobiology
January 25, 2016 | IBBME professor awarded prestigious academic title for a five-year term
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau backs commercialization of stem cell research by key IBBME partner
January 13, 2016 | A new $40M Centre for Advanced Therapeutic Cell Technologies will help accelerate regenerative medicine discoveries at U of T and its partner hospitals to impact patients
Professor Michael Sefton awarded the Terumo Global Science Prize
January 12, 2016 | IBBME University Professor receives international award for significant contributions to the field of regenerative medicine
A tumour you can unroll: engineers create new technology for understanding cancer growth
November 23, 2015 | Professor Alison McGuigan’s 3D model offers new ways to speed up drug and therapy development