Year: 2019

Parkinson’s patients making strides with electrical stimulation in the spine CTV News “Canadian researchers are opening the door on what could be a new approach in rehabilitating patients unable to walk safely on their own […]

PostureCoach, A New Wearable Device, Has Caregivers’ Backs And Helps Prevent Injuries YouAreUNLTD (blog) “… to do their jobs,” says Dr. Tilak Dutta, a scientist at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network and an AGE-WELL […]

U of T study reveals large molecular differences between stem cells grown on different biomaterials News@UofT “The study itself was done in collaboration with Senior Scientist Gordon Keller’s group at University Health Network, and was […]

Gene mutation may mean better outcome for smokers who develop cancer CTV News “… and more of a problem, currently it’s about 5,000 to 6,000 Canadians per year,” says Dr. Anthony Nichols of the Lawson […]

Manitoba’s leadership in global health impacting millions UM Today (press release) “Blanchard introduced Dr. Ties Boerma, U of M Canada Research Chair in population and global health, as a world-class addition to the U of […]

“Kingpin” Stem Cells Follow a Different Set of Rules Technology Networks “A team of McMaster researchers has discovered a unique subset of cells within human stem cells that appear to signal how the surrounding cells […]

Fusion investment should make us proud TheSpec.com “Strong alignment between McMaster University, the McMaster Innovation Park, and city, provincial and federal governments creates the kind of …” TAGS: Innovation, pharmaceutical company   U of T […]

Factors in Healthy Aging UM Today (press release) “By 2031, an estimated one in four Canadians will be aged 65 or older. … the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Canadian Longitudinal Study …” TAGS: healthy […]