Landon Getz (left) and Sam Fairburn February 25, 2025 By Sunitha Chari University of Toronto researchers have discovered nine new genes used by bacteria to protect themselves against viral infections. Their findings uncover a new hotspot in the bacterial genome for...
(Left to right): Michael Norris, Samira Mubareka, Sharon Walmsley, Vanessa Allen and Beate Sander January 30, 2025 By Sunitha Chari The University of Toronto’s Emerging & Pandemic Infections Consortium (EPIC) has launched a Rapid Research Response to address the...
U of T Scarborough researchers have decoded the genome of a gut-dwelling fungi that might unlock clues to fighting deadly mosquito-borne diseases (photos by Don Campbell) January 23, 2025 By Don Campbell U of T Scarborough researchers have successfully sequenced the...
University of Toronto professor Arthur Mortha (right) and former postdoctoral fellow Kyle Burrows December 19, 2024 By Betty Zou A team led by University of Toronto researchers has discovered a new communication pathway between the gut and lung. Their findings...
From left: Véronique Taylor, Duncan Carruthers-Lay, Marcus Dillon, Viplav Agarwal, Michael Fralick November 28, 2024 By Sunitha Chari As communities around the world marked World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week from November 18 to 24, 2024 we shine the...
Undergraduate student Purav Gupta (left) and assistant professor Artem Babaian June 4, 2024 By Anika Hazra An international team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found a new RNA virus that they believe is hitching a ride with a common human...
From left to right: Vinyas Harish, Kamran Khan and Isaac Bogoch May 29, 2024 By Gabrielle Giroday Both Brazil and Mexico may be affected by a much greater spread of dengue in the years to come, says a study by University of Toronto researchers.Vinyas Harish, an MD-PhD...
From left to right: Milica Radisic, Rick Lu and Claudia dos Santos March 27, 2024 By Betty Zou University of Toronto researchers have created a unique heart-on-a-chip model that is helping untangle the causes of COVID-19-induced heart inflammation and uncover...
From left to right: Robert Kozak, Sharmistha Mishra and Darrell Tan March 7, 2024 By Betty Zou A new University of Toronto study has found that mpox virus DNA can be found in different parts of the body for up to four weeks after symptom onset. The study, led by...
Samantha Ismail led a study looking for antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in human milk. January 23, 2024 By Betty Zou The COVID-19 pandemic was an especially harrowing time for pregnant people and new parents. The uncertainties about how the new coronavirus could affect...
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