Stem cell therapy reverses age-related osteoporosis in mice
Toronto, ON – Imagine telling a patient suffering from age-related (type-II) osteoporosis that a single injection of stem cells could restore their normal bone structure. This week, with a publication...
View ArticleNew Network Launched to Address Diabetes Complications - Partnership unites...
Toronto, ON – A new national research network was launched today to transform the health outcomes of individuals with diabetes and its related complications. It will be led by two of Canada’s top...
View ArticleYeast Against the Machine: Bakers’ Yeast Could Improve Diagnosis - How our...
Toronto, ON – It’s easier than ever to sequence our DNA, but doctors still can’t exactly tell from our genomes which diseases might befall us. Professor Fritz Roth is setting out to change this by...
View ArticleUniversity of Toronto faculty, alumni inducted into Canada’s Medical Hall of...
Toronto, ON – Members of University of Toronto’s faculty and alumni will be inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame at a ceremony taking place today at McMaster University, taking four of this...
View ArticleUnderstanding and Improving Governance, Accountability and Transparency in...
Toronto, ON – The University of Toronto and the World Health Organization are proud to launch the WHO Collaborating Centre for Governance, Accountability and Transparency for the Pharmaceutical Sector...
View ArticleJLABS gives U of T startups a place to call home
Nanovista is one of the first 22 up-and-coming companies selected to be part of JLABS @ Toronto, an innovative research centre designed to advance bio/pharmaceutical, medical device, consumer and...
View ArticleU of T Lab Retrofit “An Historic Investment In Canadian Science And Innovation”
Toronto, ON – In what University of Toronto President Meric Gertler called “an historic investment in Canadian science and innovation,” the federal and provincial governments are joining with the...
View Article$27-million investment to fast-track stem cell research at U of T
Toronto, ON – Discovering stem cells here was just the beginning. Now, the University of Toronto is pushing the frontiers of regenerative medicine even further with a $27-million investment in 20...
View ArticleResearch Reveals How Much Sugar is in Prepackaged Foods in Canada
Toronto, ON – Researchers at the University of Toronto have investigated the amount of free sugar in Canadian prepackaged foods and beverages. The results suggest that new guidelines and better food...
View ArticleInfants in Northern Canada Face the Highest Rates of Respiratory Infection in...
Providing antibody to infants could prove lifesavingToronto, ON – Infants in Canada’s north are facing alarming rates of respiratory infection, but providing an antibody to all infants will prevent...
View ArticleNSERC prizes awarded to five University of Toronto scholars - Backing...
Backing research into billion-year-old water, evolution of plants, faster disease diagnosis, microbial energy Toronto, ON – Five University of Toronto scholars have been awarded prizes in 2016 by the...
View ArticleToronto’s first peer cancer education program for black women improves...
Toronto, ON — Public health researchers created a first-of-its-kind peer education project targeting black women to improve breast and cervical cancer awareness and screening for black women living in...
View ArticleU of T Welcomes Provincial Investment in New Centre Focused on Economic Success
Toronto, ON – The University of Toronto welcomes the $15M investment by the Ontario government for the new Centre for Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CEIE). As stated in the 2016 Ontario...
View ArticleUniversity of Toronto researcher first to open lab notes in real time
Toronto, ON — University of Toronto researcher Rachel Harding will be the first known biomedical researcher to welcome the world to review her lab notes in real time. The post-doctoral fellow with U of...
View ArticleU of T opens one of first mental health and physical activity research centres
Toronto, ON — The University of Toronto’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education has launched the Mental Health and Physical Activity Research Centre (MPARC) — one of the first research...
View ArticleUniversity of Toronto Researcher Wins €1M Brain Prize – the “Nobel of...
Toronto, ON – Professor Graham Collingridge has been awarded the world’s most valuable prize for brain research. Prof. Collingridge, Chair of the Department of Physiology, was one of three recipients...
View ArticleNew study finds elders living alone with abuser more likely to endure severe...
Other findings: Non-perpetrators in the home act as a buffer and “youngest old” experience most severe forms of abuseToronto, ON – A new study examining elder abuse–released today by researchers at the...
View ArticleNew study reveals Ontario’s high-cost healthcare users
Toronto, ON – A new study examining high-cost healthcare users in Ontario released by researchers at the University of Toronto has identified the types of patients who are high-cost users, the...
View ArticleOncology for pharmacists: A person-centred approach to caring for people...
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, in collaboration with Cancer Care Ontario, Launches New Oncology Program for Pharmacists Toronto, ON – The Office of Continuous Professional Development at the...
View ArticleChildhood pre-migration health and circumstances shed light on the “healthy...
Toronto, ON — Studies have shown that immigrants to the U.S., Canada, and Australia tend to be healthier and live longer than non-immigrants in their host countries, once adjustments have been made for...
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