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New Approach for Cellular Surgery

Nano-robotic scalpel swarm shreds brain cancer cells from the inside
“Building on previous work, researchers at the University of Toronto Robotics [MORE]

Light Sheet Fluorescent Brain Imaging

Implantable photonic neural probes for light sheet brain imaging
“We [an international collaboration of photonic scientists] develop implantable photonic neural probes [MORE]

Reference Map of Human Proteins

Mapping interactions of human proteins
”The largest of its kind, the human reference interactome (HuRI) map charts 52,569 interactions between 8,275 [MORE]

Temperature Control with a Pill-Sized Heater

Researchers show tiny heater for regulating heat in diagnostic samples
The Covid-19 pandemic exposed several infectious disease limitations regarding testing.  In [MORE]

First Surgical Robot for Aneurysms

Robot-assisted brain surgery
“In this study, Canadian researchers report the results of the first robotic brain vascular procedures. They used a [MORE]

Video of 3D Printer Making Skin

Hand-held 3D printer of sheets of skin
Engineers at the University of Toronto have built a 3D printer, using bioink, to [MORE]

Transdermal Optical Imaging of Blood Pressure

Selfie video measures blood pressure
In a study at the University of Toronto comparing blood pressure readings from an arm cuff [MORE]

Micropatterning Tissues

Micropatterning tissues
“All micropatterning techniques involve three basic steps. . . : Generation of a pattern of controlled surface adhesiveness; Seeding [MORE]

Cleaning Up Donor Organs

Killing infections in donor organs
In order to make donor organs less likely to be rejected, researchers at the University of [MORE]

Rough Surfaced Implants Promote Blood Vessel Formation

 
Nano patterned bone implants vascularization
University of Toronto engineers don’t know why bone formation and blood vessel grow proceed faster with [MORE]

A Portable 3-D Printer for Wound Repair

Portable 3D skin printer
Using a “hand held skin printer that resembles a white-out tape dispenser—except that tape roll is replaced [MORE]

An Injectable Tissue Patch

Injectable Tissue Scaffold
Rather than repair heart damage using open chest surgery, engineers at the University of Toronto have created an [MORE]

Genetic “Fingerprint” of Prostate Cancer

DNA
About a third of men who are successfully treated (surgery and radiation) for localized prostate cancer still go on to [MORE]

“Person-on-a-Chip”

There’s a fine art in making miniature human organs. Tissue engineers at the University of Toronto have shown how they [MORE]