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Reverse engineering the heart: U of T Engineering team creates bioartificial left ventricle

By Tyler Irving|July 8, 2022

U of T Engineering researchers have grown a small-scale model of a human left heart ventricle in the lab. The bioartificial tissue construct is made with living heart cells and beats strongly enough

University Professor Elizabeth Edwards appointed to the Order of Canada

By Carolyn Farrell|December 30, 2020

Edwards, a pioneer in anaerobic biotechnology, has been recognized with one of the country’s most prestigious honours

U of T Engineering researchers develop cell injection technique that could help reverse vision loss

By Tyler Irving|August 13, 2020

A team led by Professor Molly Shoichet has demonstrated the first co-injection of both retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) cells and photoreceptor cells in a mouse model of blindness.

How does COVID-19 invade our bodies so easily? U of T Engineering team uses ‘organ-on-a-chip’ model to find out

By Paul Fraumeni|April 8, 2020

To develop COVID-19 vaccine and antiviral drugs, researchers first need to understand why this virus spreads so easily and quickly

Contamination-eating microbes are ready for action

By Tyler Irving|August 7, 2019

A new public-private collaboration enables field trials of bacterial cultures that can degrade hazardous waste

U of T Engineering researchers could lower the cost of producing lab-grown meat

By Geoffrey Vendeville|August 7, 2019

Senior researcher Peter Stogios and his team are using a grant from the Good Food Institute to research new production methods for cell-based meat

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