by Jovana Drinjakovic | Apr 18, 2019
This article was first published here. It is reprinted with permission of the Donnelly Centre. Depending on the type of surface they adhere to in a lab dish, stem cells can exhibit vast differences at the molecular level with implications for research and therapy. The...
by Stacey Johnson | Apr 12, 2019
Dear Joe, My worlds collided the other day when I stumbled upon your many, highly viewed stem cell videos on YouTube. You see, my husband is a huge fan of yours. He regularly watches UFC, he practices mixed martial arts and he boxes. He loves your podcast and watches...
by Jovana Drinjakovic | Apr 4, 2019
As the most common fatal genetic disorder, cystic fibrosis (CF) has been at the forefront of genetic research since the gene responsible for it was discovered 40 years ago. But with more than 300 known disease-causing mutations, or variants of the CF gene, disease...
by Sowmya Viswanathan | Mar 28, 2019
In this month’s installment of the “Bioprocess and Bioanalytics” blog, we get part II from Drs. Robin Turner and James Piret on Raman spectroscopy and how this method can be utilized to tell us new information about cell therapy products. Both are Professors in the...
by Stacey Johnson | Mar 22, 2019
I’m sold. I just watched a fantastic documentary called The Game Changers and I am ready to significantly reduce my meat intake. It may take time to be completely animal-free, but I can certainly consume less meat and farmed fish. I predict that when this documentary...
by Farah Qaiser | Mar 8, 2019
Today is International Women’s Day. This year, the theme is “think equal, build smart, and innovate for change,” to ensure that women’s needs and experiences are considered when it comes to innovation. While real progress has been made when it comes to gender...
by Sowmya Viswanathan | Feb 28, 2019
Cindi Morshead is a professor and chair of the anatomy division of the Department of Surgery with the University of Toronto, with appointments in the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering and the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. Sowmya Viswanathan is...
by Lisa Willemse | Feb 22, 2019
Please click here to read the original version of the article that first appeared on Medicine by Design’s site and is reprinted with permission. The article has been edited slightly for length. A contagious facial cancer that has ravaged Tasmanian devils in southern...
by Stacey Johnson | Feb 15, 2019
Rare diseases are defined as such because the number of people affected by them is considered very low. Depending on which country you live in, that number will change. There are so many rare diseases in the world that if you add up the number of people living with...
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