Sanofi Pasteur Canada Centenary

Check out the latest article in the series of historical features for the University of Toronto's Connaught Fund website that focus on the research and innovation legacy of Connaught Laboratories while it was a vital part of the University of Toronto (1914-1972). Article #11 focuses on the precision research and innovation work of three of Connaught's leading scientists, Dr. Paul Fenje, Dr. Silvio Landi, and Dr. Peter Moloney, during the 1958-1970 period, that, respectively, led to major advances in rabies vaccines, tuberculin testing for tuberculosis, and a specialized form of insulin for diabetics resistant to regular forms of insulin. http://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/history/article11/

Check out the latest article of the series featured on the University of Toronto Connaught Fund website which focus on the research and innovation legacy of Connaught Laboratories while it was a vital part of the University of Toronto (1914-1972). The latest Article (#10) is focused on the development and improvement of bacterial vaccines, especially to prevent pertussis. http://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/history/article10/

A new posting on "The Canadian Encyclopedia" tells the story of "Canada and the Development of the Polio Vaccine," at the centre of which was Connaught Medical Research Laboratories. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca//canada-and-the-dev

As we mark the 75th anniversary of "D-Day" on June 6, a key part of the planning involved ensuring that Canadian medics carried a supply of the recently discovered penicillin in their backpacks to be able to more effectively treat the wounded soldiers. Among the many major initiatives undertaken during World War II by Connaught Laboratories of the University of Toronto, preparing penicillin in time for "D-Day" was the most extensive and challenging. http://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/history/article6/

A new "Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases" based at Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, has launched. http://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca//u-of-t-opens-groundbreaking/