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Immune thrombocytopenia, or ITP, is an autoimmune disease whereby the immue system sends antibodies to attack and destroy the body’s platelets—blood cells responsible for controlling bleeding.

That two people with the same disease-causing mutation do not get sick to the same extent has been puzzling scientists for decades. Now Professor Andy Fraser and his team have uncovered a key part of what makes every patient different.

At the Pan Am Games, anxiety and nerves can have athletes skipping meals and not drinking enough water before key events. How do you ensure they’re still fueled and ready to go?

A University of Toronto research team has discovered new details about a key gene involved in ALS, perhaps humanity’s most puzzling, intractable disease. Professor Janice Robertson