Imagine telling a patient suffering from age-related (type-II) osteoporosis that a single injection of stem cells could restore their normal bone structure....
Spinal cord injuries don’t heal like cuts or broken bones. Why? Part of the reason is the formation of scar...
PhD candidate Teresa Zulueta-Coarasa was a among a group of IBBME students who made their way to Los Angeles, California this past...
Growing artificial human tissues and making automobiles don’t appear to have much in common, but a new paper suggests that...
Targeting cancer cells for destruction while leaving healthy cells alone—that has been the promise of the emerging field of cancer...
Researchers from the University of Toronto Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) have modified and improved a technique that...
Researchers from the University of Toronto Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) have designed a simpler way to keep therapeutic...
A team of U of T biomedical engineering researchers has developed a novel method that will help shed new light...
Vaccines and antibodies have long been employed as weapons in the battle against disease. They work by boosting our immune...
The emerging field of nanomedicine holds great promise in the battle against cancer. Tiny particles similar in size to protein...
Assistant Professor Penney Gilbert has received an Early Researcher Award (ERA) from the Government of Ontario. The ERAs provide critical support that helps promising scientists...
A team of researchers from the University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Research Institute and the University Health Network’s Krembil Research Institute...