The Magazine for the University of Toronto Department of Immunology
You’d have to forgive a new parent their initial trepidation. The very word “vaccination”, after all, might evoke in some visions of a deranged scientist in a lab coat jabbing wildly at[…]
Feature · Grad Life · Perspective
THE PREMISE For many young adults, university is the first time they are forced to contend with their mental health. Being away from friends and family, losing the security of a structured high[…]
Feature · Grad Life · Perspective
null • hypothesis In December 2014, IMMpress Magazine published the first of many articles on graduate mental health. At the time, I had considered using that article to call out[…]
Over the years, countless drugs have been developed, but only one has had enough of an impact to be referred to as The Pill. Today, approximately 100 million women worldwide[…]
The first headline blasted, “Slim by Chocolate!”, the next, “Eating Chocolate Can Help You Lose Weight – Really!”, and soon John Bohannon’s work was being touted amongst German, Indian, Australian[…]
The modern patent system has roots back to 500 BCE in ancient Greece, where inventors could be granted a one year monopoly to the profits of their discoveries. In England,[…]
What does it mean to conduct research in this super-computing era – where a tremendous number of variables can be analyzed simultaneously and stored in a book-sized hard drive? With[…]
Advancements in sequencing, cytometry, and imaging technologies can now provide an unprecedented level of detail for characterizing immune cells. The advent of these novel technologies, such as mass cytometry and[…]
Feature · Featured Article · Perspective
The relationship between two major powerhouses, science and politics, is incredibly important to society. On one hand, scientists are highly dependent on politicians and the government to fund institutions, research[…]
Feature · Featured Article · Perspective
WHAT IS INFORMED CONSENT? Informed consent is necessary for conducting ethical research by ensuring that participants are making free and informed choices for themselves. It can only be given after[…]
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