Can you activate a stem cell by squeezing it? A new international collaboration led by Professor Penney Gilbert aims to find out....
Her students wouldn’t suspect it, but Dawn Kilkenny feels a little stage fright at the start of every academic year. The reason?...
The Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) community remembers Professor Emeritus Paul Yao-Cheung Wang, who passed away on March 7,...
A clinical trial funded by AGE-WELL is underway to test a novel treatment for overactive bladder (OAB), a condition that affects 18...
When undergraduate engineering students wanted to know whether vibrating a cell would change its properties, Professor Craig Simmons let them use his...
IBBME doctoral students Yonatan Lipsitz and Stanley Wai-Kwong Ng are two recipients of this year’s Jennifer Dorrington Graduate Research Award. Issued by the University...
Imagine a simple prenatal diagnostic test that checks for genetic diseases such as Down syndrome but has zero risk for...
Professor Craig Simmons has been selected to receive the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering’s Faculty Teaching Award, recognizing his outstanding classroom...
A scar on your skin may be insignificant, but a scar on your heart could be deadly. Scar tissue in...
U of T MD / PhD student Amanda Khan was recently selected as one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women. She joined other U...
Professor Tony Easty has been named a fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) for exceptional contributions to engineering in Canada. He is...
Time may not heal all wounds, but a proprietary mix of peptides and gel developed by U of T researchers...