Read More ‘The next big step’: U of T researchers pursue a treatment for vision loss By Paul Fraumeni|January 6, 2021 An interdisciplinary team of researchers, led by U of T Engineering's Molly Shoichet, are using retinal stem cells to restore vision
Read More Molly Shoichet named one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada By |December 1, 2020 The annual list recognizes the country’s highest achieving female leaders in the country
Read More Molly Shoichet receives Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal, Canada’s highest honour for science and engineering research By |November 10, 2020 Shoichet is world renowned for her pioneering research at the intersection of engineering, chemistry and biology
Read More Re-engineered enzyme could help reverse damage from spinal cord injury and stroke By Tyler Irving|August 24, 2020 A team led by Professor Molly Shoichet has modified an enzyme from bacteria to promote regrowth of nerve tissue
Read More 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.
Read More U of T researchers develop ‘piggyback’ vehicle to escape the endosomal trap and deliver RNA therapeutics By Qin Dai|May 1, 2020 Their platform has shown to downregulate critical genes in cancer cells, and could be used for other genetic diseases