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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
PCOS has been renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) to better reflect the condition’s complex hormonal, metabolic and reproductive effects. Drs. Tehmina Ahmad and Shirine Usmani what this change means for patients and clinicians. bit.ly/4jucLSL
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PMOS: How renaming the condition may change the way it's diagnosed and treated
At UHN, we strive to deliver Compassionate Care & Caring. Learn more about the services and supports that are available to you throughout your journey.
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
TODAY AT 10AM: Join us and the rest of the #UofT community to commemorate Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation. Register to watch the livestream: bit.ly/4jCn2MG.
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"I am passionate about aging research because I wish to live as long as possible, as healthy as possible." - Jung Yeon (Jenny) Min, PhD candidate in the #TemertyMed Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology bit.ly/4xYoFbf
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Humans of LMP: Jung Yeon (Jenny) Min
This month, we feature PhD candidate, Jung Yeon (Jenny) Min, studying in the lab of Dr. Eldad Zacksenhaus at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute. Jenny, along with fellow student Susanna…
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Updated Canadian vaccination guidelines recommend personalized strategies to help children and families reduce pain, fear and anxiety around vaccines. bit.ly/4hiZsTV
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National guideline aims to ease vaccination stress for children and families
Recommendations include the SickKids-developed CARD system, giving families practical tools to reduce fear, anxiety and pain during vaccinations.
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Flags have been raised across #UofT's three campuses as the community gets ready to commemorate Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. bit.ly/4xKWk89
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The most common symptom of prostate cancer is no symptom at all. "If you wait until symptoms appear, it's often too late to cure the problem," says #TemertyMed Dr. Nathan Perlis, a urologic oncologist at UHN's Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. bit.ly/47m6W2o
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What are the symptoms of prostate cancer? Risk factors, screening and treatment
Most prostate cancers cause no symptoms early on. Learn about PSA testing, risk factors, screening, diagnosis and treatment from a UHN expert.
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"I was drawn to Speech-Language Pathology because it brings together my passion for linguistics and phonetics with my commitment to advancing the field of rehabilitation." - Shahad Badr #TemertyMed student in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology bit.ly/3TlHC9B
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A study of blood samples collected up to 9 years before a cancer diagnosis found changes in the DNA that captured the body’s response to early traces of cancer development. bit.ly/47haa7l
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Blood Test May Help Predict Breast and Prostate Cancer Risk Early
A new study finds that DNA methylation patterns in blood may help identify people at higher risk of developing breast or prostate cancer years before diagnosis.
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
On September 30th, join us to honour the experiences of residential school survivors at a @UofT-wide event to commemorate Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation. bit.ly/4yehHju
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
GLP-1s first got attention as drugs for obesity and diabetes. Now, a new study shows they might also help people with serious mental illness live longer. #TemertyMed Dr. Angela Kwan, the study's co-author, talked about the findings on CBC's Metro Morning. Listen to the segment: bit.ly/4hbMhEj
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"I was always inspired by my grandmother and the way she cared for people around her." - Sahil Patel, #TemertyMed MD Class of 3T0 bit.ly/4gYuL56
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Blood tests could identify early signs of cancer years before diagnosis. bit.ly/4rJHX2N
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Blood Test May Help Predict Breast and Prostate Cancer Risk Early
A new study finds that DNA methylation patterns in blood may help identify people at higher risk of developing breast or prostate cancer years before diagnosis.
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"I wanted to become a doctor because I fell in love with science first. Growing up in Korea, Australia, and Canada shaped the way I see the world." - Yein Chung, #TemertyMed MD Class of 3T0 bit.ly/4gYuL56
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Time to laugh! Research by #TemertyMed Dr. Caroline Kramer shows that a good laugh is linked to a roughly 30% reduction in cortisol. bit.ly/4AoiyiX
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Inspired by her personal experience and mentors – and with support from the #TemertyMed community – Eunice Aluko is pursuing a future in dermatology focused on equity, access and ensuring patients feel heard. bit.ly/4cViZHk
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Turning personal experience into purpose
Inspired by her personal experience and mentors – and with support from the Temerty Medicine community – Eunice Aluko is pursuing a future in dermatology focused on equity, access and ensuring…
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"I’ve always known that I wanted to work with kids, and I’ve also been drawn to working in healthcare and helping people in a meaningful way." - Jessica Allen, #TemertyMed Speech-Language Pathology student bit.ly/3TlHC9B
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"As a hospital volunteer, I witnessed how falls and mobility impairments affect quality of life, motivating me to pursue research that is both scientifically rigorous and clinically meaningful." - Nora Pourhashemi, PhD student at #TemertyMed's Rehabilitation Sciences Institute bit.ly/4h0a2yX
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#TemertyMed Professor Daniel Drucker has been named a 2026 Clarivate Citation Laureate for his pioneering research on GLP-1, which helped pave the way for diabetes and obesity treatments. bit.ly/4h2MbyM
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Daniel Drucker named 2026 Citation Laureate by Clarivate
Daniel Drucker, a senior investigator at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health and University Professor of medicine in the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine, has…
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Study shows GLP-1 drugs reduce mortality and heart problems in people with mental illness. bit.ly/4dI8kjs
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Study shows GLP-1 drugs reduce mortality and cardiovascular problems in people with mental illness
GLP-1 diabetes and weight-management medications may improve cardiovascular health and lower the risk of all-cause mortality among adults with serious mental illness by 25 per cent, a new study led…
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Emergency room visits for gambling disorders nearly doubled after expanded online gambling market. bit.ly/4xTSI4C
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Emergency room visits for gambling disorders nearly doubled after expanded online gambling market
ER visits for gambling disorders doubled after single-event sports betting was legalized and Ontario's online gambling market expanded.
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Study by #TemertyMed & @sickkidsto.bsky.social researchers uncovers a promising new target for reducing organ injury during transplantation, in adults and children. bit.ly/3VhRuSd
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Targeting NINJ1 protein could make donor livers more resilient
A SickKids study uncovers a promising new target for reducing organ injury during transplantation, in adults and children.
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Today is #RehabilitationDay! We're lucky to be home to the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute and the wonderful students, researchers, clinicians, alumni, and partners who are shaping the future of rehabilitation. bit.ly/4d7Lyl9
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Rehabilitation Sciences Institute
Make it a career by studying at the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute (RSI) at the University of Toronto.
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
No spoilers for anyone planning to stream later, but we were pumped to see #TemertyMed alum Liz Liao and her twin sister Tina Liao competing in this season of CTV's #TheAmazingRaceCanada.
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
From Cs and Ds in high school to a PhD in biomedical research: Joel Tan had almost given up on his passion for biomedical research after being shut out of Singapore’s rigid school system – and then #UofT flung open its doors. bit.ly/4r5lXyH
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From Cs and Ds in high school to a PhD in biomedical research: 'U of T changed my life'
Temerty Medicine alum Joel Tan (MSc '19) thought his academic career was all but over before being accepted at the University of Toronto — now he's got a PhD from Harvard Medical School, too.
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"A scientific solution only works if it reaches and responds to the people it is meant to serve." - Mujeedat Lekuti, #TemertyMed MD Class of 3T0 bit.ly/4gYuL56
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"Growing up, my mom, a pedorthist, showed me what it meant to find purpose in caring for others. I watched how helping people regain their mobility made her lose track of time." - Deisha Paliwal, #TemertyMed MD Class of 3T0 bit.ly/4gYuL56
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Class of 3T0: The road to medicine
The Temerty Faculty of Medicine’s newest MD students from the Class of 3T0 reflect on the experiences that led them to medicine, the people and communities that inspire them — and what they hope to…
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#UofT's physician assistant program is helping expand health-care capacity across Ontario. bit.ly/4xPwTmV
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Temerty Medicine's physician assistant program expands at U of T Scarborough, northern Ontario
U of T’s physician assistant program is more than doubling its cohort, moving to UTSC and expanding with NOSM University in Northern Ontario.
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"While working as an Early Childhood Education assistant, I saw firsthand the impact that difficulty communicating can have on children." - Emily Alexander, #TemertyMed student in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology bit.ly/46TUMO4
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Meet the Incoming MHSc Class of 2028
As a new academic year begins, we are delighted to welcome the newest cohort of students to U of T's Speech-Language Pathology program. This fall, we're introducing four incoming SLP students who are…
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A new future for “The Doctor:" How a painting united two generations of #UofT MD students. bit.ly/4xdbKSl
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A new future for “The Doctor”: How a painting united two generations of U of T MD students
A framed print gifted to Nancy Tozer (MD ’78) when she was a University of Toronto medical student has found new life with current U of T MD learner Greg Dance, bridging generations through a shared…
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New study led by #TemertyMed's Dr. Paula Rochon identifies potentially harmful drug combinations prescribed to older adults. bit.ly/4gLh2Q7
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Prescribing Cascades: How Medications Can Lead to More Drugs | U of T
A new Ontario-wide study led by U of T’s Paula Rochon finds common prescribing cascades may cause drug-related harm and unnecessary medication use among older adults.
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"My interest in physical therapy sparked in high school as I developed an interest in exercise, fitness and learning about the human body." - Michael Thiagarajah, first-year #TemertyMed Physical Therapy student bit.ly/4xiwHv8
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Why should parents vaccinate their kids? How do vaccines work? Should you space out your child's vaccines? #TemertyMed/Sunnybrook Dr. Rudaina Banihani answers these questions: bit.ly/4r1Qgq5.
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The importance of childhood vaccinations
Vaccinations are important to protect children from illnesses that can make them sick. In some cases, these illnesses can cause lasting harm or even death.
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Researchers at UofT, UHN and SickKids developed an RNA therapeutic approach with the potential to treat many genetic diseases. bit.ly/3UztwSn
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RNA breakthrough provides hope for thousands of untreatable diseases
In a preclinical study, researchers at UofT, University Health Network, and SickKids focused on engineering transfer RNA, or tRNA, as a new therapeutic platform.
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"I first started to appreciate the importance of movement and mobility during the pandemic when I signed up for online yoga classes to keep myself active while staying at home!" - Dhivya Bhaskaran, first-year #TemertyMed Physical Therapy student
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"I view medicine as an opportunity to address the social determinants of health — such as the trauma of historical injustices — affecting marginalised groups through a safe, compassionate, and healing health-care environment." - Camryn Kelly, Class of 3T0 bit.ly/4gYuL56
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Class of 3T0: The road to medicine
The Temerty Faculty of Medicine’s newest MD students from the Class of 3T0 reflect on the experiences that led them to medicine, the people and communities that inspire them — and what they hope to…
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Toronto researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind intervention to improve sexual and reproductive health in young adults experiencing early psychosis. bit.ly/3ST4bC7
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U of T Tool Supports Sexual Health Care in Early Psychosis
University of Toronto researchers developed a learning and training tool to help clinicians and young adults address sexual and reproductive health needs during early psychosis care.
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#UofT research finds AI scribes save doctors’ time and may ease administrative burden. bit.ly/4qTWckZ
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U of T research finds AI scribes save doctors' time and may ease administrative burden
A new study with Women’s College Hospital compared appointments with and without the digital tools to understand their impact on workflow
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"Growing up, I often wondered why things happened the way they did. Instead of accepting what I saw at face value, I continued to ask questions from different angles until I could piece together an explanation for what I observed." - Rui Yan Gao, #TemertyMed Class of 3T0 bit.ly/3SIEhkG
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"As a first-generation immigrant, I often found myself acting as the 'health-care manager' for my parents, translating appointments, helping them understand medical information, and reminding them about preventive care." - Hira Fatima, #TemertyMed Class of 3T0 bit.ly/3UqKUsp
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This fall’s Temerty Medicine Community Connection (TMCC) event will centre the experiences of Black community members at #TemertyMed and partner hospitals. bit.ly/4x5T0nZ
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Celebrating Black identity, community and excellence at Temerty Medicine
This fall’s Temerty Medicine Community Connection (TMCC) event will centre the experiences of Black community members at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine and partner hospitals.
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
#TemertyMed Prof. Lewis Kay has been honoured with a Royal Medal by the Royal Society in the UK "for his remarkable contribution to understand and quantify protein dynamics and their relevance to protein function." bit.ly/4gHs9Iu
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A new home for health sciences education is opening its doors in #Scarborough — with an eye to strengthening health care in the community for years to come. CTV News tours U of T Scarborough’s new Myron and Berna Garron Health Sciences Complex: buff.ly/sQGsyBQ
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New U of T Scarborough complex training health care professional looks to fill delivery gaps in eastern GTA
University of Toronto Scarborough will soon be educating and training future health care professionals out of the new Garron Health Science Complex.
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#TemertyMed's newest MD students from the Class of 3T0 reflect on the experiences that led them to medicine, the people and communities that inspire them and what they hope to bring to their roles as future physicians. bit.ly/4qzE0gu
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Class of 3T0: The road to medicine
The Temerty Faculty of Medicine’s newest MD students from the Class of 3T0 reflect on the experiences that led them to medicine, the people and communities that inspire them — and what they hope to…
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Beautiful sunny day? ✅ King’s College Circle? ✅ Some friendly 3T0 competition at the #TemertyMed Med Olympics? ✅
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
“Sometimes, I think people can easily look at IBD from the outside and think there are plenty of drug options for people with IBD, but when you hear all these stories, you know there is a need for something better. Now, I’m working on finding it.” bit.ly/4qjXLIw
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Living Proof - UofTMed Magazine
By Lauren Baerg Being a teenager can be hard for a lot of people. I was no exception — I found out I had ulcerative colitis when I was 16 years old, in high school in Owen Sound.  I was very scared…
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Welcome to the #TemertyMed family, MD Class of 3T0! 👏
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
After 8 years of global collaboration, the Codebook is complete: a massive database of more than 4,800 experiments revealing how transcription factors influence human gene regulation. bit.ly/4y7CWmD
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The Codebook: cracking the puzzle of human transcription factors
A global collaboration spanning eight years has concluded with the creation of the Codebook: an enormous database comprised of over 4,800 experiments that has illuminated how transcription factors…
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Today is the first day of O-Week for the #TemertyMed MD Class of 3T0! 🎉
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Ketamine and psychotherapy show promise as a combined approach to chronic neuropathic pain, #TemertyMed, @unityhealthto.bsky.social & York University researchers find. bit.ly/4geeRmL
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Ketamine and psychotherapy show promise for chronic pain | U of T
A St. Michael’s Hospital and University of Toronto study finds combining ketamine and psychotherapy may help reduce the impact of chronic neuropathic pain.
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Temerty Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Study led by @camhnews.bsky.social & #TemertyMed researchers found that long COVID is linked to damage in dopamine-producing brain cells. bit.ly/4gxdYpB
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New Study Provides First Evidence of Dopamine System Injury in the Brain of Long COVID Patients
Findings have important implications for the pathophysiology of key COVID symptoms and suggest new potential avenues for treatment
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