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Stem Cells in Hydrogel Heal Neurons

Engineering Neural Tissue from Stem Cells
Much of the news about stem cells has been in the means of producing them [MORE]

Discovering Protein Structures

How many proteins make up the human body? The answer is “predicted,” “thought to be,” “estimated at” (and so on) [MORE]

“The Future is Plaque”

Dental Plaque
This is an unusual rally cry—“The Future is Plaque”—but not so surprising coming from researchers at the Oral Microbiome [MORE]

Printing Skin for Grafts

PrintAlive Skin Bioprinter
While the Japanese are working on an innovative burn dressing, researchers at the University of Toronto have demonstrated [MORE]

Making Stem Cells “Younger”

Stem cells are able to proliferate and differentiate into various tissues, but the resulting growth will be the age [MORE]

“Happy face” Tattoo Sensor

Metabolic Tattoo Sensor
A doctoral student at the University of Toronto has developed a tiny ion-selective electrode sensor that sticks to [MORE]

Machine-Made “Skin”

Tissue Engineering
Engineers and chemists at the University of Toronto have built a tissue culture device that can produce multiple [MORE]

Telemonitoring Heart Failure Patients

In a sense, this piece reinforces what is already known—that the success of telemonitoring patients for heart failure depends [MORE]

Digital Microfluidics

Lab-on-a Chip
Bioengineering professor Aaron Wheeler, at the University of Toronto, has
Dr. Aaron Wheeler
developed an automated lab-on-a-chip system for analyzing [MORE]