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Toronto startup’s eye test tool could catch Alzheimer’s signs years earlier
Founder of RetiSpec hopes the technology will make screening more widespread: “Eye clinics are like Starbucks — they’re everywhere.” We…
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He survived a terrifying accident. Now this U of T biologist wants to give our cells an upgrade.
One morning in July 2006, Michael Garton was making a solo ascent up Norway’s notorious Troll Wall. At 3,300 feet,…
The human body contains some 37 trillion cells. Scientists are working to map every one of them
Researchers at the University of Toronto are part of a global initiative to map every cell in the body to…
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“Real-time information can be a game changer for the opioid crisis”
A device made by Spectra Plasmonics can rapidly determine what substances are in street drugs. The company’s founder, Malcolm Eade,…
BKR, Canada’s first Black-led venture capital firm, is changing representation on both sides of the funding table. Lise Birikundavyi and…
12 Canadian companies solving our supply chain woes
By harnessing the power of AI, the ventures in the latest cohort of the Supply AI program are working to…
For Sebastien Gendron and Ryan Janzen, the future of transportation is ultra-fast and fossil-fuel free — the rest of the…
The Pope wore Balenciaga. More specifically: He wore a snow-white puffer jacket, buttons snapped and waist cinched, stalking the streets…
A crystal called perovskite is excellent at absorbing the sun’s rays. Several startups believe it could be the secret to…
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