Designer Babies: A Future of Genetic Inequality
Would you order your perfect child from a company? Genetics has become increasingly relevant in a clinical setting ever since the birth of the first baby through in-vitro fertilization (IVF)...
The Role for Doctors and AI in Disease Diagnosis
Artificial intelligence (AI) can be broadly applied to transform and improve patient care. Advancements in AI in healthcare settings are in part due to improvements in learning algorithms and the...
The Development and Advances in Treatments for Autoimmune Diseases
Health care is rapidly evolving. From new ways to harness the immune system’s natural capabilities to advances in nanotechnology and the advent of omics and big data, we are continuously...
Social Media: Remote Health, Patient Empowerment and Medical Literacy
Social media is a powerful tool for communication, where users can create, share, and interact with digital content. Social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook have been widely...
The Business of Healthcare
The healthcare industry is one of the fastest-growing markets, estimated to be worth over $8 trillion USD in 2018. It is unsurprising that tech giants like Google/Alphabet, Microsoft, Apple, and...
A Tale of Two Inner-Cities: The Disproportional Impact of COVID-19 on Northwest Toronto Neighborhoods
At the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 was once termed “the great equalizer”. A calamitous Grim Reaper that took no sides to race, ethnicity, income, or privilege. Anyone and everyone...
Jack Of All Trades: An Alumni Interview with Dr. Jason Fine
Dr. Jason Fine completed his PhD in 2012 in Dr. James R. Carlyle’s laboratory at the Sunnybrook Research Institute. His area of study was on how natural killer cells recognize...
Life After COVID: An Exclusive Interview with Immunology Students
Picture this: a world beyond the pandemic. Perhaps this optimism is unearned and a little premature with the unceasing daily barrage of COVID-19 news and recent surges of the Delta...
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