When Abdullah Syed moved to San Francisco in January for his dream research job, he did not expect to end up confined...
Dr. Omar F. Khan officially joined the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) on May 1st, 2020. Khan completed...
Testing for viruses is not a new science, but the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the bottlenecks in established methods. Now,...
A group of researchers from U of T and SickKids Hospital have developed a new way to deliver molecules that target...
While most people are sheltering at home, for a team led by Professor Warren Chan it’s business as usual as they continue...
The University of Toronto’s precision medicine research initiative, PRiME, has launched a new task force mobilizing research to tackle the...
A U of T Engineering team has created a simple, scalable solution to remotely monitor the vital signs of COVID-19...
Improving hand hygiene (HH) is one of the most effective solution to reduce COVID-19 from spreading in hospitals and nursing...
In order for a COVID-19 vaccine and antiviral drugs to be developed, scientists first need to understand why this virus...
Prof. Warren Chan (IBBME, Donnelly Centre), Dr. Samira Mubareka (Sunnybrook Hospital), Dr. Jonathan Gubbay (Public Health Ontario) and their trainees have summarized current diagnostic tools for...
U of T Engineering graduate students Kramay Patel (IBBME MD/PhD candidate) and Chaim Katz (IBBME PhD candidate) are temporarily trading in their electrodes and amplifiers for sewing machines and cotton threads. They’ve launched Stitch4Corona,...
Two weeks ago they were making light panels. Today they’re sourcing medical equipment. The COVID-19 outbreak has led to reports of shortages of life-saving personal protective equipment (PPE) for front-line health workers, including in...