We are proud to announce that Dr. Vera Peters (1911-1993) will be inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, recognizing her efforts in changing the management of Hodgkin's disease and breast cancer.

Recent results from a team of TWRI investigators is helping to determine if the brain landscape changes following upper limb surgical repair of cut nerves. Severe nerve injuries--as a result of various accidental and work-related injuries--require surgery after they have been cut.

The Cancer Stem Cell Consortium (CSCC) announced earlier this week that two multidisciplinary cancer stem cell projects co-led by UHN researchers Drs. John Dick, Tak Mak and investigators in California, have been awarded funding through the Collaborative Partnership Program with The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). The two Canada-California collaborative projects on cancer stem cells were selected from 31 applications that targeted a broad range of diseases and injury.