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Medicine by Design undertakes transformative research in regenerative medicine and cell therapy.

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TBEP drives research at the interface of engineering and medicine. With a roster of multidisciplinary investigators, researchers develop strategies that will repair or regenerate heart muscle.

Centre for Healthcare Engineering

CHE is a leader in interdisciplinary research and education in healthcare engineering. Its research directly impacts healthcare organizations and partners in practice.

Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research

SOCAAR is a world-class centre for environmental research committed to innovation in producing a broad, trans-disciplinary and actionable understanding of the origins, characteristics, environmental impact, and human health consequences of atmospheric aerosols.

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U of T Engineering researchers are working to enable a future where a single, non-invasive injection under the eyelid could replace months of daily eye drops in treating glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness.  

In a recently published paper in Advanced Materials, a team led by Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, BME) describes how they used colloidal drug aggregates (CDAs) to modify the effects of a small-molecule glaucoma drug.  

This new approach prolongs the drug’s effect from six hours when it is delivered via an eye drop, to up to seven weeks with a single, non-invasive injection placed in the subconjunctival space, that is, under the eye lid.  

Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases characterized by an increase in eye pressure, leading to damage of the optic nerve, which is essential for vision