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New diagnostic system leverages AI to help fight hospital-acquired infections

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A family legacy of giving: Why the Ying siblings created two new awards at U of T Engineering and Temerty Medicine

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Improved estimates of storm water in sewers could help reduce flooding

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Multi-functional, modular nanoparticles could help fight cancer

August 19, 2016

A sign indicating the location of an automated external defibrillator (AED) is pictured. Research led by U of T Engineering Professor Tim Chan showed that up to 30 per cent of the time, AEDs are locked inside closed buildings when someone suffers cardiac arrest in a public place. (Credit: U of T Engineering)

Many life-saving defibrillators behind locked doors during off-hours, study finds

August 15, 2016

U of T researchers Sonya MacParland (right) and Kim Tsoi (IBBME PhD 1T6) are the lead authors on a four-year study that showed how the liver and spleen trapped cancer nanomedicine, preventing them from reaching their intended targets. (Photo: Peter Church)

Understanding a key roadblock behind nanoparticle cancer drug delivery

August 15, 2016

University of Toronto professor John E. Davies (IBBME) is part of a research team that has engineered stem cells to improve antibody therapy used to treat conditions such as Crohn’s Disease and certain cancers. (Photo: Luke Ng)

Engineering stem cells to enhance antibody therapy

August 15, 2016

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