Sefton and Shoichet named to Order of Canada
Honour recognizes outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation.
Meet three new Medicine by Design investigators
Medicine by Design is delighted to welcome Thomas Hurd, Yun Li and Julien Muffat to our community.
Medicine by Design annual symposium showcases regenerative medicine research excellence
Visit our photo gallery to see highlights from the day.
Medicine by Design researchers seek to make blood stem cell transplants available to more patients
Two multidisciplinary teams take different approaches to overcome compatibility hurdles.
The 2nd Medicine by Design Symposium in pictures
Missed the 2nd Annual Medicine by Design Symposium? No problem — research associate Maria Abou Chakra has you covered with her talk drawings.
Molly Shoichet named Ontario’s first chief scientist
Medicine by Design-funded researcher and University Professor will advise the government on science policy and research agenda.
Conference takes Toronto-area high school students to the frontiers of regenerative medicine
More than 100 students and teachers from high schools across the Toronto area spent a day learning about regenerative medicine at a conference co-hosted by Medicine by Design and University of Toronto Schools.
Engineered stem cell platform gives new insights into beginnings of human development
Medicine by Design-funded research could help answer fundamental biological questions and advance efforts to make organ-like structures
Art meets regenerative medicine as Toronto artist creates original work for visiting speakers
First limited-edition screen print to be presented this week at Global Speaker Series event.
Toronto makes pitch to be world’s ‘Stem Cell City’ with new, state-of-the-art lab
Medicine by Design joins CCRM, the Ontario Institute for Regenerative Medicine and others in regenerative medicine hub at MaRS Discovery District
Travel awards support 27 trainees presenting research at 2017 Till & McCulloch Meetings
Twenty-seven trainees from Medicine by Design-funded laboratories have been awarded Medicine by Design Travel Awards to attend this key Canadian regenerative medicine conference.
Research team harnesses engineering, biology and medicine in effort to stimulate muscle to fix itself
Project explores whether a novel biomaterial scaffold can coax stem cells that are already present in the muscle to spring into action to heal traumatic injuries.
Summer by Design draws emerging regenerative medicine leaders from around the world to U of T
This month-long series of workshops, lab sessions, tours and conferences aims to advance knowledge and skills required to commercialize new therapies.
Tissue engineering pioneer Michael Sefton to lead Medicine by Design as executive director
Sefton, who also heads a collaborative team project focused on using novel biomaterials to stimulate skeletal muscle to repair itself, begins his five-year term on July 1, 2017.
Multidisciplinary research teams target blindness and stroke damage using regenerative medicine
Read about three Medicine by Design-funded team projects that are unlocking the power of stem cells to better understand and treat neurological diseases.