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PhD candidate Yonatan Lipsitz and Professor Peter Zandstra outline a framework for manufacturing stem cell therapeutics
U of T biomedical engineers outline best techniques for discovering protein-binding molecules with the potential to treat conditions from stroke to heart disease
Professor John Davies and Dr. Jeff Kiernan suggest stem-cell treatment for humans may not be far off
Professor Milica Radisic’s AngioChip is a new avenue for drug discovery and safe testing
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
Professor Warren Chan and his team have developed a novel way to access diseased tissue
Researchers from Professor Jonathan Rocheleau’s team have created a new biosensor that could help in the fight against cancer, diabetes and other conditions
Professor Alison McGuigan’s 3D model offers new ways to speed up drug and therapy development
IBBME director Christopher Yip and PhD candidate Amine Driouchi aid MIE researchers in sperm fertility research published in Nature Communications
August 28, 2015 | Tyler Irving Engineers at the University of Toronto just made assembling functional heart tissue as easy as fastening your shoes. The team has created a biocompatible […]
June 24, 2015 | Tyler Irving Biomedical engineers at the University of Toronto have invented a new device that more quickly and accurately visualizes the chemical messages that tell our cells […]
May 14, 2015 | Jovana Drinjakovic University of Toronto researchers show that engineered ‘hydrogels’ not only help with stem cell transplantation, but actually speed healing in both the eye and […]
April 22, 2015 | Peter McMahon University of Toronto engineers and a pediatric surgeon have joined forces to discover how physical forces like pressure and tension affect the development of limbs […]
The “onion net” mechanics behind wound repair key to fibrosis, organ failure, says IBBME researcher A new study published in the Journal of Cell Biology by the University of Toronto’s […]
U of T, Harvard collaborate on substance to repel blood clots and bacteria Engineering a surface that is so slippery even geckos can’t stick to it may sound like a […]
“Worse than Ebola,” says Assistant Professor Joshua Milstein November 4, 2014 | Blake Eligh With the help of cutting edge microscopy, new research at U of T Mississauga could help stop […]
Building Open-Source Science with the DropBot “When it doesn’t really exist anywhere you have to build your own,” explains Ryan Fobel, the fourth year University of Toronto PhD student who […]
June 12, 2013 | Engineering A U of T team – including researchers from Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering – has created an electronic […]
Seven Toronto Research Organizations Join New Non-Profit Global Alliance for the Responsible Sharing of Genomic and Clinical Data Dr. Catharine Whiteside, Dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine […]
NSERC Presents Two Minutes with Warren Chan IBBME core professor Warren Chan discusses his research in nanotechnology, through which Chan is creating platforms for fast, cost-efficient and simple disease detection. […]
4 IBBME Faculty and their Co-Inventors Named UofT Inventors of the Year IBBME’s core and cross faculty were once again named Inventors of the Year at an award ceremony yesterday […]
Engineering Global Health Symposium Puts Spotlight on Health Strategies and Products At a one-day conference held at the University of Toronto’s Bahen Centre for Information Technology last week, professors from […]
Medicine Meets MacGyver A cheap and portable diagnostics device fashioned from your basic laser jet printer and a children’s toy. A look at how every day common foods can help […]
Spreading the Word What does a discussion among approximately 140 high school students, volunteers, teachers, and world-leading scientists on the subject of stem cells sound like? Oddly personal, important, and […]
