Cardiomyopathy is a leading cause of heart failure in children, and there are currently no effective treatments. Could emerging therapies that successfully target the root cause of the condition in adults also work well in children? That was the question Dr....
In the realm of cardiac health, an exciting new study has cast light on the intricate details of our hearts, revealing significant differences between the left and right ventricles' fibroblasts. This research, conducted by a team of dedicated scientists from the...
For children diagnosed with complex heart conditions like hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the diagnosis can be frightening for families and challenging for healthcare providers since the trajectory of the condition is often uncertain. As a leading cause of sudden...
An innovative cardiovascular start-up, HDAX Therapeutics, is the latest company to win $250,000 in funding following another year of the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research’s Entrepreneurship for Cardiovascular Health Opportunities (ECHO) program. The ECHO program...
Several members of the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research (TRCHR) participated in Vascular 2023, a five-day conference held in Montreal from October 25-29. The conference is a hallmark event organized by several Canadian specialist and research organizations,...
Researchers at the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research have developed an innovative approach to better understanding the complex signaling mechanisms underlying heart failure. A recent publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) offers...
HSRLCE’s 2018 Michael J. Sole Annual Scientific Day will be held on Wednesday April 11, 2018 at the Hart House (7 Hart House Circle, Toronto). The theme is From Discovery to Clinical Trials. Topics include: “The PCSK9 Inhibitor Story“, and “Valvular Heart Disease“. We will also feature basic science and clinical breakout sessions with a dragon’s den format – whereby junior faculty and trainees will pitch their proposals for feedback. If you would like to pitch a proposal, please send an email to Liz Thuo at hsrl.centre@utoronto.ca.
Speakers: Confirmed speakers include: Dr. Jagdish Butany (UofT); Dr. Gary Gershony (John Muir Health Cardiovascular Institute); Dr. Lawrence Leiter (UofT); Dr. Josep Rodés-Cabau (Laval University); Dr. Nabil G. Seidah (Montreal Clinical Research Institute); Dr. Craig Simmons (UofT); and Dr. Harindra Wijeysundera (UofT).