Zandstra Lab
Historic $130-million gift to establish the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research
With the goal to reduce hospitalization for heart failure by 50 per cent over the next decade, the Hospital for Sick Children, the University Health Network and the University of Toronto have announced the creation of the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, funded by an unprecedented donation of $130 million from the Rogers family – the […]
Grand Challenges Canada: U of T researchers develop technologies for detecting defective drugs, printing skin
According to a recent article in the Toronto Star, Canadians should be worried about defective or sub-standard pharmaceutical drugs found in our pharmacies. But researchers at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) say other areas of the world face an epidemic of defective drugs – and they say that needs to change. […]
Ted Sargent and Peter Zandstra named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Engineering professors Ted Sargent (ECE) and Peter Zandstra (IBBME) have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada. Professor Sargent, of The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE), was elected to the Academy of Science in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Division. His research has resulted in advances in nanotechnology and materials chemistry, […]
First Living 3D Model of Arrhythmic Heart Made From Stem Cells
Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) and the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine have developed the first-ever method for creating living, three-dimensional human heart tissue that behaves like mature heart tissue. Importantly, the method can be used to make models of both healthy and arrhythmic beating heart tissue. […]
Stem cells: how to predict their fate
University of Toronto researchers have developed a method that can rapidly screen human stem cells and better control what they will become – a technology that could be used for regenerative medicine and drug development. The findings are published in this week’s issue of the journal Nature Methods. “The work allows for a better understanding of how to […]