New microfluidic device reveals how the shape of a tumour can predict a cancer’s aggressiveness
ReSCUE platform also enables the formation, release and transfer of patient-derived tumoroids
Tag: cancer research
Seeing smaller than light: How an advanced microscopy technique can help in the fight against cancer and other diseases
Professor Chris Yip (ChemE/BME) and his team have developed a method for tagging and imaging cell surface components that are only a few nanometres apart
U of T Engineering team designs new hydrogel that opens pathways to more targeted cancer treatments
The bio-inspired material enables lab-grown cells to emulate the complex processes found in the human body
How to get more cancer-fighting nanoparticles to where they are needed
Study shows that by injecting above a certain threshold of nanoparticles, the tumour delivery improves vastly, from 0.7 percent to 12 percent
U of T researchers develop ‘piggyback’ vehicle to escape the endosomal trap and deliver RNA therapeutics
Their platform has shown to downregulate critical genes in cancer cells, and could be used for other genetic diseases
Most engineered nanoparticles enter tumours through cells, not between them
Discovery by U of T Engineering researchers challenges a ‘long-held dogma’ in the field of cancer nanomedicine