by Holly Wobma | Nov 10, 2015
The last two decades have seen a number of fascinating innovations in biomaterial scaffolds development. This comes from the growing realization that 2D culture of cells can only do so much in terms of mimicking physiological niches of the body. To encourage...
by Hamideh Emrani | Nov 9, 2015
Continuing with the theme of interesting biomaterials-related talks at the recent Till & McCulloch Meetings in Toronto, Canada, was the one delivered by Professor Molly Shoichet from the University of Toronto. Her group focuses on designing polymer scaffolds to...
by Hamideh Emrani | Nov 4, 2015
Among many interesting talks at this year’s Till and McCulloch Meetings in Toronto, Canada, there were a couple related to biomaterials, which I’d like to focus on. In the first talk, professor Milica Radisic, University of Toronto, talked about two recent...
by Nicole Kuchinsky | Nov 3, 2015
At one point or another we’ve all experienced a bad haircut. We get over such minor annoyances secure in the knowledge that “it will grow back.” The ability of our hair to grow back is based on the amazing capacity of the hair follicle to undergo continuous cycles of...
by Holly Wobma | Sep 15, 2015
. For linguistics enthusiasts, you might find it curious that almost every language uses anatomical metaphors in everyday speech. For example, you may have heard the phrase: “that cost an arm and a leg” or “I’d give up a kidney to [fill in blank].” To those we love we...
by Holly Wobma | Aug 6, 2015
. This is not a blog about cosmology, nor the space-time continuum or our place in the universe. As much as I love these deep topics, today I’d like to discuss something, quite literally, more superficial: the aging of human skin. As with other organs in our body,...
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