
Dr. Neal Sondheimer
Staff Physician, Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, The Hospital for Sick Children
Associate Scientist, Genetics & Genome Biology, The Peter Gilgan Centre
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
By: Yousef Manialawy
When people hear the word ‘genetics’, their minds …

Dr. Elise Héon, MD, FRCS(C)
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, University of Toronto
By: Ranya Barayan & Anjali Vig
Inherited retinal dystrophies are genetically heterogeneous blinding disorders characterized by progressive retinal degeneration (RD). RD affects approximately one in …

Dr. Manuel Carcao
Clinician Investigator, Division of Haematology/Oncology (Department of Paediatrics)
Senior Associate Scientist, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, SickKids
Professor of Paediatrics, University of Toronto
By: Erika Opingari
A cure for hemophilia is in the near future. A seemingly surreal …

Dr. Mojgan Hodaie, MSc, MD
Scientist, Krembil Research Institute
Affiliated Faculty, Techna Institute for the Advancement of Technology for Health (Techna)
Associate Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
By: Akshayan Vimalanathan
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) was historically dubbed …

Dr. James Eubanks, PhD
Senior Scientist, Krembil Research Institute
Division Head, Genetics and Development Program, UHN
Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
Cross-appointed in Institute of Medical Science and Department of Physiology
By: Parnian Pardis
Imagine your daughter playing …

Dr. Mohammad R. Akbari, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Institute of Medical Science
Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
By: Maryam Bagherzadeh
The human genome contains over 20,000 genes that serve as a blueprint for all the proteins that …

By: Ana Stosic
Walking down the halls of the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) with Dr. Denis Daneman meant that seldom were we able to pass by a person who did not recognize and acknowledge him. “You’ll find that when …

By: Mikaeel Valli
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a chronic metabolic disorder marked by insulin resistance and high blood glucose levels (hyperglycemia). If not managed carefully, chronic hyperglycemia may lead to cardiovascular disease, stroke, retinopathy, and kidney failure. With upwards …

By: Mohammad-Masoud Zavvarian
Despite significant advances made in managing diabetes over the past century, there are still looming questions about its pathophysiology and the molecular mechanisms involved. With a worldwide increase in diabetes prevalence and its risk factors, such as …

By: Krystal Jacques
The worldwide prevalence of diabetes has almost doubled, from 4.7% of the global adult population in 1980 to 8.5% in 2014 (1). This is thought to reflect increases in obesity, an important risk factor associated with type …
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