The Search for a Vaccine
U of T scientists are pursuing a made-in-Canada solution to end the pandemic
Drug development
Alán Aspuru-Guzik Has Seen the Lab of The Future, and It’s Very, Very Fast
By bringing artificial intelligence into chemistry, Prof. Aspuru-Guzik aims to vastly shrink the time it takes to develop new drugs – and almost everything else
The Deadly Global Fungus
Prof. Leah Cowen’s lab aims to understand how C. auris works and how to stop it
Advancing Drugs to Fight Cancer and Other Diseases
A research centre at U of T Mississauga aims to speed up the development of new life-saving cancer medications
New Centre to Fight Cancer
A U of T Mississauga team is tackling some of the most fatal forms of the disease
Engineering a Human Liver
Liver tissue created in a U of T lab could help reduce the time and cost of drug development
A Better Path to Drug Discovery
Making pharmaceutical research more open could shave years off the time it takes to bring a new drug to market
Herb Appeal
Scientists aim to isolate and harness marijuana’s pain-killing properties to create more effective medicines
The Next Big Idea
Ten concepts that could shape the future: from digital credentials to safer drugs to DNA-tailored diets and more
Untangling Alzheimer’s
A U of T centre is hunting down the genes that cause this debilitating brain illness, and moving us closer to a cure
Drug Provides Key to Halting Alzheimer’s Disease in Mice
Researchers discover new breakthrough in fighting Alzheimer’s disease
How Much Are Drugs Worth?
A fledgling medical science attempts an answer
A Twist of Fate
Raymond Reilly was looking for a better way to diagnose breast cancer. Instead, he discovered a new way to treat it
Putting Mad Cow Out to Pasture
Faculty of Medicine researchers are testing a possible vaccine
A New Weapon in the War on HIV
New drug combination more potent and easier for patients to take