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Genetic mutations are the cause of countless diseases and disorders, from cancer to autism to cystic fibrosis. Now, startup company Deep Genomics…
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U of T researchers have developed a deep learning algorithm that can track proteins to help reveal what makes cells healthy and what goes wrong…
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As part of the 2017 budget, the province is increasing funding for mental heath services and supports for post-secondary students by $6 million per…
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When Gimmy Chu co-founded smart lighting company Nanoleaf back in 2012, he initially conceived of the firm as one focused exclusively on…
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A novel technique developed by University of Toronto researchers can now produce high-resolution profiles of molecules present inside living…
Pretty much everything in the boreal forest is trying to eat the snowshoe hare. It's preyed upon by Canadian lynx, foxes, coyotes…
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A world-renowned philosopher, a regenerative medicine leader and an astrophysicist are the three U of T scholars recognized by the Canada Council for…
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A student poster associated with an exhibit at Hart House has been defaced with a racial slur against Indigenous peoples. Campus police are…
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A U of T sociologist is investigating the effects of racialized border practices on identity and citizenship of Canadian Muslims. U of T…
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When the first Syrian refugees began arriving in Canada in 2015, University of Toronto sociologists Neda Maghbouleh, Ito Peng and Melissa Milkie were…
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Most associate insomnia with the dark. But Amol Rao says we should pay more attention to our lights. The U of T student, who will soon be…
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James Thuch Madhier fled South Sudan as a teenager, escaping the ravages of civil war and famine. Next fall, the U of T…