Science

Tricking the body to accept transplanted organs

A stem cell therapy to reboot the immune system may give organ transplant recipients longer and better outcomes.

Clinician scientist armed with stem cells gives MS patients their lives back

In 2001, Dr. Harold Atkins, an OIRM scientist, enrolled the first patients in a clinical trial for an aggressive, untested treatment for multiple sclerosis. A short time later, patient number five…

Why small science stories are important, too

A piggyback towards stem cell clinical trials for osteoporosis

Toronto scientists have an affair with the heart

Scientists find link between maternal environment and neurodevelopmental disorders

Preparing for missions on a micro scale: Stem cells to rescue sight

Three stories give us a glimpse of the real possibilities for stem cell therapies

Regeneration at your fingertips … literally.

How a cell of the nervous system is at the helm of the most advanced regeneration seen in mammals.

Banking on the potential of iPSCs in regenerative medicine

The pioneer of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) — Shinya Yamanaka — was one of the first to recognize the importance of stem cell banks. Not long after Yamanaka made his landmark discovery in 2006, he began working on the…