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If Canada is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 17 per cent below the 2005 level by the year 2020, federal and provincial governments must agree on how much each province will cut, say University of Toronto researchers.

Scientists from U of T's School of the Environment are sending that message in a report to all Canadian federal and provincial governments, opposition parties and other participants in the climate policy dialogue.

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An estimated 4,837,000 asthmatics with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) could benefit substantially from antifungal treatment, say researchers from the University of Toronto and Manchester University.

Their work, published today in the journal Medical Mycology, has also re-estimated the total number of asthmatics worldwide – to reveal a staggering 193 million sufferers. Twenty-four million asthma sufferers live in the United States, 20 million each in India and China, and seven million in the United Kingdom.

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University of Toronto researchers and entrepreneurs often look to MaRS Discovery District for help developing their spinoff companies.

So word that Euan Robertson is joining MaRS in the newly created role of president and chief operating officer is welcome news, says Derek Newton, executive director of U of T’s Innovations & Partnerships Office.

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New research indicates that Mexican-Americans born in the United States who are aged 55 and over are significantly more likely than Mexican-American immigrants to report substantial limitations in one or more basic physical activities such as walking, climbing stairs, reaching, lifting, or carrying—30 per cent versus 25 per cent.

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The University of Toronto Engineering's new Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CEIE) has moved one step closer with the selection of Toronto-based Montgomery Sisam Architects (MSA) and U.K.-based Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios as architects for the new building.