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New cybersecurity certificate prepares graduates to tackle digital vulnerabilities and threats

Omar F. Khan and Janice Pang

Mining the dark transcriptome: U of T Engineering researchers create the first potential drug molecules from long noncoding RNA

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Researchers highlight ‘regenerative healing’ as a framework for health innovation

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Three innovative startups from U of T Engineering students are leveraging modern technology to address important challenges in the healthcare industry.

Three health-focused student startups

Professor Milica Radisic (IBBME, ChemE) and her team grow heart cells outside the body. The technology could help pharmaceutical companies detect negative side effects in drugs. It is being commercialized by TARA Biosystems, a New York City-based company co-founded by Radisic. (Photo: NSERC)

Lab-grown heart cells to improve drug safety

Jeffrey Siegel

The link between air quality and human health

Professor Hai-Ling Margaret Cheng (IBBME, ECE) researches ways to improve MRI scans, which could allow for earlier cancer detection or accelerate the development of personalized medicine. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

Smarter scans could detect cancer earlier