by Lyla El-Fayomi | Jul 30, 2021
“Regenerative medicine news under the microscope” is a monthly feature highlighting big stories in stem cell research. I will sample the latest and greatest findings in recent press and package them into a single post. July was another great month in regenerative...
by Elisa D'Arcangelo | Nov 26, 2020
Canada is among the 10 largest meat consumers per capita in the world, totalling approximately 155 lbs of meat per person per year. Globally, the environmental burden of current livestock farming practices is untenable: Livestock is a major cause of greenhouse gases,...
by Stacey Johnson | Oct 16, 2020
The news that Health Canada has approved gene therapy Luxturna to treat blindness couldn’t come at a better time, as October is Blindness Awareness Month. You don’t have to look far to find other high impact research on blindness happening right here in Toronto,...
by Jovana Drinjakovic | Sep 9, 2020
In 2015, Jason Moffat walked into Sheila Singh’s office at McMaster University and gave her a small vial of clear liquid. The vial contained ten milliliters, or two teaspoons, of an injectable antibody, created in Moffat’s lab in Toronto, with a street value of around...
by Sara M. Nolte | May 28, 2020
Cancer immunotherapy is so hot right now. Signals bloggers have covered CAR T cells (here and here), but haven’t given some other exciting immunotherapies their time to shine. I aim to correct that. A normal part of the immune system, checkpoints are a mechanism to...
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