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A new runway for university biotech

BioLabs University of Toronto receives federal support to help early life-sciences companies move from research to reality.

Reported by U of T News Staff

BioLabs University of Toronto supports early life-sciences companies.
ResearchBioLabs University of Toronto supports early life-sciences companies.Photo: University of Toronto / official source image

Federal support for BioLabs University of Toronto will help early life-sciences companies access lab space, equipment and the people needed to turn research into a working venture.

It is a story about the middle distance between a promising result and a useful product—the place where founders, students and technical teams learn what the next experiment should be.

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  1. Original reporting · utoronto.ca
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