December 21, 2016
Two UHN Researchers Win Awards to Advance Their Work
Two UHN researchers have won awards from Medicine by Design at the University of Toronto.
December 14, 2016
McEwen Centre Scientists Produce Functional Heart Pacemaker Cells
Scientists from the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University Health Network, have developed the first functional pacemaker cells from human stem cells, paving the way for alternate, biological pacemaker therapy.
December 12, 2016
Work of UHN Scientists Among First Projects for New Stem-Cell Research Company
In one of the largest investments ever seen in the bio-tech industry, two multinational firms are investing US$225 million to launch a Toronto-based stem-cell therapy company, BlueRock Therapeutics, which will initially focus on the work of two UHN scientists.
September 14, 2016
Stem Cells and New Implantable Device to Take Us One Step Closer to Finding Cure for Type 1 Diabetes
UHN's McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine and JDRF are pleased to announce innovative research that will improve transplantation of insulin producing cells – a key step forward in finding a cure for T1D. Dr. Cristina Nostro has been awarded a grant for $722,350 (USD) to study and perfect a new implantable device that creates an ideal environment for the survival of transplanted insulin-producing stem cells.
August 29, 2016
University of Toronto Funding Recognizes UHN Research Teams
Eight teams led by University Health Network scientists are amongst 20 teams who have received Medicine by Design Team Project Awards, an initiative created by the University of Toronto.
May 18, 2016
Stem Cell Technologies: Charting a New Course Towards a Cure for Heart Disease
Despite many breakthroughs in cardiovascular medicine, heart attacks and congestive heart failure remain among the most prominent global health challenges of our time. Unlike most organs in our body, the heart is very poor at repairing itself after sustaining injury. What if scientists could use a special kind of stem cell to produce new heart muscle and inject those new cells into a patient's heart as a fix?
January 13, 2016
One step closer to stem cell breakthrough for diabetes
Dr. Cristina Nostro, holder of the Harry Rosen Chair in Diabetes Regenerative Medicine Research at the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, is on a mission to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes.
November 4, 2015
11th Annual Grand Cru Culinary Wine Festival Raises $3 Million And Still Climbing for McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine at UHN
The 11th annual Grand Cru Culinary Wine Festival, Canada's premier wine and culinary fundraiser for medical research and innovation, presented by BMO Wealth Management, raised $3 million net and still climbing for the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University Health Network (UHN). Since its inception in 2005 the Festival has now raised over $21.2 million.
September 1, 2015
Disease in a Dish: Turning Stem Cells into Bile Duct Cells
Dr. Shinichiro Ogawa, Dr. Gordon Keller and Dr. Mina Ogawa look at the human bile duct cells they produced from human stem cells for the first time. Stem cell technology allows us to develop and test new treatments by studying diseases in the Petri dish.
May 11, 2015
McEwen Centre Researchers Unlock Ability to Create Human Articular Cartilage
A team of scientists, led by Drs. Gordon Keller and April Craft from University Health Network's McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine in Toronto has been able to generate articular chondrocytes and cartilage tissue from human pluripotent stem cells in a Petri dish.
September 26, 2013
Scientists Move One Step Closer to Producing Blood-Forming Stem Cells
Stem cell scientists have moved one step closer to producing blood-forming stem cells in a Petri dish by identifying a key regulator controlling their formation in the early embryo, shows research published online today in
Cell.
June 12, 2013
Stem cell pioneer Dr. James Thomson receives 2013 McEwen Award For Innovation
One of the world's most renowned scientists, Dr. James A. Thomson, has been selected as the 2013 recipient of the McEwen Award for Innovation.
October 12, 2012
McEwen Award Scientist Wins Nobel Prize
Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, winner of the 2011 McEwen Award for Innovation was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine, jointly with British researcher, Dr. John B. Gurdon at ceremonies in Stockholm on Monday. The Prize recognizes contributions leading to the discovery that mature, specialized cells can be reprogrammed to become cells capable of developing into a wide variety of body tissues.
August 23, 2012
New Partnership to Drive Mass Production of Life-Saving Stem Cells: Commercialization Impact Prize is First of Its Kind in Canada
Stem cells hold great promise for treating and curing numerous diseases; however, a major challenge facing scientists is how to produce stem cells in the massive quantities required for clinical use. The McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine (McEwen Centre) and the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM) are partnering to establish a fund that will drive research in this area.
June 15, 2011
McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine Launches Stem Cell City
Today, the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine launched Stem Cell City, a virtual community designed to inform people about stem cell research and allow them to articulate their support of using regenerative medicine to defeat the major diseases of our time.
February 1, 2011
Toronto Scientists Till, McCulloch Honoured as Fathers of Stem Cell Research on 50th Anniversary of Ground-breaking Discovery that Created New Field of Science
Fifty years ago today, two young, unknown scientists at the fledgling Ontario Cancer Institute (OCI) published accidental findings that proved the existence of stem cells – cells that can self-renew repeatedly for different uses.
January 20, 2011
UHN Mourns Passing of Dr. Ernest McCulloch, One of the Fathers of Stem Cells
We are very sad to report that Dr. Ernest McCulloch, one of our most respected scientists, died January 20, 2011.
