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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

A new paper from Prof. Warren Chan and colleagues is shedding light on how the liver interacts with nanoparticles

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

Canadian researchers first to demonstrate that stem cells can be used to deliver antibodies more effectively than administration of the antibodies themselves

Professor Paul Yoo (right) and PhD candidate Zainab Moazzam are part of a team working on a novel therapy for overactive bladder disorder, an affliction faced by 18 per cent of Canadian adults. (Credit: Luke Ng)

Paul Yoo awarded AGE-WELL research grant for treating overactive bladder disorder

Researchers recently discovered a neural mechanism that can inhibit bladder function by applying electrical pulses to peripheral nerves

Lipsitz and his fellow volunteers delivered workshops and healthy meal planning, food composition and gardening.

Let’s Talk Science partners with U of T Engineering and Sandy Lake First Nation to combat diabetes

A team U of T graduate students including partnered with members of the Sandy Lake First nation to deliver workshops on diabetes prevention to students in the community.

Born into a fifth-generation salt producing family in India, honorary graduand Venkatesh Mannar has spent close to four decades working in developing countries around the world to help put an end to malnutrition and micronutrient deficiency. (courtesy: Venkatesh Mannar)

Engineering Convocation 2016: Global health pioneer M.G. Venkatesh Mannar

This honorary graduand has been the principal architect of the global salt iodization program now reaching nearly five billion people

Professor Hai-Ling Margaret Cheng and her team have developed a more effective way to monitor cardiac stem cell therapy for treating heart disease. (Photo: Neil Ta)

Novel MRI approach gives heart failure patients new hope

A team of U of T biomedical engineering researchers has developed a novel method that will help shed new light on the effectiveness of stem cell therapy for heart failure patients

Left to right: Jaclyn Obermeyer, Malgosia Pakulska and Irja Elliott Donaghue, supervised by University Professor Molly Shoichet, are the first to show controlled release of proteins without encapsulating them in nanoparticles. (Credit: Marit Mitchell).

Simple attraction: U of T Engineering researchers control protein release from nanoparticles without encapsulation

Discovery stands to improve reliability and fabrication process for treatments for chronic conditions and serious injuries such as spinal cord damage and stroke

Shrey Sindhwani, Abdullah Syed and their supervisor, Professor Warren Chan, have modified and improved a technique to turn organs transparent, allowing them to track the locations of nanoparticles in the body. (Photo: Neil Ta)

Tracking nanoparticles with transparent organs to help fight cancer and other diseases

An improved technique for clarifying organs can help researchers learn how nanoparticles might be used to diagnose or treat diseases like cancer

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Two innovative biomedical devices from the Hammers & Nails Initiative

Collaboration with SickKids leverages engineering design to solve everyday challenges in hospitals