Research & Technology
Challenging assumptions about aging
"We’re ignoring so many parts about aging if we just think of it as a health issue,” said Laura Funk, a professor in the...
Proteins as nutritional tools
High blood pressure is a leading risk factor for heart disease and affects close to one in four Canadian adults. Cancer causes around a...
Preventing rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disorder that occurs when the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks its own tissues, causing the lining of the...
Researching Rett syndrome
Rett syndrome is a rare neurological disorder that occurs in 1 out of every 10,000 female births. Infants with the syndrome generally develop normally...
Diving into paleontology
As a child, Kirstin Brink loved dinosaurs.
Today, she is a vertebrate paleontologist and assistant professor in the U of M’s department of geological sciences....
