How can understanding daily movement support #dementia care?
@kiteuhn.bsky.social researchers found that using real-time location tracking to identify sleep and activity disturbances can offer insights into emerging problems and help personalize care.
🔗: www.uhnresearch.ca/news/digital... @uhn.ca
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New research from @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social shows why some rare cancers with certain BRAF gene mutations don’t respond to targeted drugs. By studying tumour response, scientists are examining new treatment combos that could offer patients more options.
🔗: www.uhnresearch.ca/news/linking...
Incredible! Go Sabrina! #TeamUHN 👏
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🚨 New publication alert!
Results from an international trial, published in @nejm.org, with @uhn.ca as a Canadian site, found that the drug finerenone reduces a key marker of kidney damage in adults with #Type1Diabetes & chronic #KidneyDisease.
🔗Read more: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Our study, led by Drs. Alex Vitkin and Michael Singh, shows why small scatterers, commonly found in biological tissues, preserve linear light polarization better than circular polarization, potentially improving optical cancer‑detection tools:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Congratulations to @dkjei-uhn.bsky.social's Dr. Brian Ballios, recipient of the 2026 @arvoinfo.bsky.social Ludwig von Sallmann Clinician-Scientist Award, which recognizes emerging clinician-scientists advancing vision research.
🔗 Read his latest work here: www.uhnresearch.ca/news/retinal...
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A new article highlights how @uhn.ca is helping drive Toronto's innovation story, from green-energy studies at Toronto Western Hospital to advances in virtual cardiac care and transplant medicine.
Explore 20 Toronto inventions changing the world🌎⬇️ torontolife.com/deep-dives/s...
@uhn.ca @eyejournal.bsky.social @natureportfolio.nature.com
A new @dkjei-uhn.bsky.social study shows that a non‑invasive treatment for corneal thinning/perforation works as well as surgery. 👁️
The team found that a glue-based approach delivers comparable vision outcomes and may help guide when surgery is truly needed.
🔗: www.uhnresearch.ca/news/seeing-...
How does the body generate high‑quality immune responses? Our study shows acetylcholine, and the pathways that control it, raise the bar for B cell competition in lymph nodes, selecting for the best performing B cells that produce the strongest antibodies.
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(4/4) A recent study from @uhn.ca is using #AI to predict the severity of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH)—a rare lung condition.
🔗: www.uhnresearch.ca/news/predict...
(3/4) Scientists at @kbi-uhn.bsky.social have identified a genetic mutation linked to a rare debilitating neurological disorder—hypomyelinating leukodystrophy-15 (HLD15).
🔗: www.uhnresearch.ca/news/breakth...
(2/4) Researchers at @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social are studying an innovative immunotherapy treatment that may improve outcomes for patients with soft tissue #sarcomas.
🔗: www.uhnresearch.ca/news/breakth...
(1/4) In honour of #RareDiseaseDay on February 28, we recognize the millions who live with rare conditions and the role of research in improving their care.
At @uhn.ca, researchers are generating new insights that could advance diagnosis, treatment, and care.
Learn more 🧵⬇️
Congratulations to Drs. Steven Chan & Faiyaz Notta on receiving Bringing Biology to Cancer Prevention Team Grant, led by CIHR and partners. We are proud to see their work recognized as part of $41M+ investment in cancer prevention & early diagnosis research.
www.uhnresearch.ca/news/major-b...
🗞️ For more on Dr. Steven Chan's research, check out @theglobeandmail.com's exclusive feature ⬇️
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research has announced a $41M+ national investment in cancer prevention and early diagnosis research.
@pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social scientists, Drs. Steven Chan and Faiyaz Notta are among the 19 awarded teams.
🔗 Learn more: www.uhnresearch.ca/news/major-b... @uhn.ca
UHN has been named no. 2 in the world by @newsweek.com’s World’s Best Hospitals list!
This marks UHN’s eighth consecutive year as the top universally accessible hospital globally, and the highest ranked Canadian hospital.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3P11fRz
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Does #ChronicStress weaken our ability to cope with stressful situations?
🔍 A new study from @kbi-uhn.bsky.social's Dr. Jaideep Bains (@stressynomics.bsky.social) says maybe not. Our bodies can adapt and keep stress‑response systems working when it counts.
🔗: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations to the team! 👏
Congratulations to Dr. Robert Cusimano on this well-deserved recognition! 👏
Dr. Cusimano is a Clinician Investigator at @uhn.ca, advancing research in minimally invasive cardiac surgery and redefining care for patients with rare cardiac tumours. 🫀
🎉Congratulations to our Director of Research, Senior Scientist and Staff Physician Dr. Aaron Schimmer on being elected to the Association of American Physicians, for his breakthrough research in AML biology.
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Kidneys rely on intricate designs to filter our blood. A new study from @uhn.ca's Dr. Milica Radisic shows how recreating the complex 3D surface environment of kidney cells helps lab-grown cells develop and behave more like they do in the body.
🔗 Read more: www.uhnresearch.ca/news/making-...
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