Three Moments from Fall 2021
Testing out new technologies – and collecting an old one
Medical technology
Robots Are Taking on New Shapes
How a slender, snake-like device could give doctors new ways to save lives
Mapping the Human Body, One Cell at a Time
U of T scientists have created a cell-by-cell map of the human liver that could increase the success of transplant surgery and lead to new treatments for liver disease
Pumped Up
These 3-D printers create perfect models of life-sized human hearts, spines and other body parts
Tiny Robots, and the Future of Drug Delivery
Microscopic machines may soon swim through our bodies, delivering cancer drugs to tumours and assisting with difficult surgeries
A Life-Saving Innovation
Recent grads win engineering design award for a low-cost medical device that will help keep patients breathing
A Foot in Two Worlds
3-D printing is creating new opportunities – and raising intriguing questions – as digital and physical realms meld