Collaboration uses stem cell technology to further personalized medicine September 8, 2015
Although bile duct disorders are well-recognized causes of liver disease, little is known about how these diseases develop. An ability to study the diseases in a Petri dish would allow a deeper understanding of the specific cell mechanisms that go awry, leading to a more targeted approach in developing and testing treatments for these diseases.
The findings from the study, entitled “Directed differentiation of cholangiocytes from human pluripotent stem cells,” were recently published in the August 2015 issue of the journal
“Until now, we have not had a good scientific model to study the human liver’s bile duct system,” explains Dr. Anand Ghanekar, a clinician-scientist at Toronto General Research Institute and one of the senior authors. “We need to be able to study a patient’s disease in a dish at the basic cellular and molecular level. Stem ce
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Opposition dismisses $3-billion budget promise for long-term care By Janet E Silver. Published on Apr 21, 2021 5:46pm Kensington Gardens, a nursing home in Toronto, pictured in February (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star)
The federal government’s promise in Monday’s budget to invest $3 billion over five years in long-term care is “a pittance that was not worth talking about,” Quebec Conservative MP Richard Martel said Tuesday during question period.
Similar comments were made Wednesday by opposition MPs, who asked the government why it chose to dole out money to improve long-term-care (LTC) facilities, but not to meet the requests of provinces and territories for more health transfer payments.