Kathryn Tubridy Pakenham

The Faculty of Engineering has challenged the University of Ottawa community to put their fingerprints to good use to help a six-year-old boy in need of a prosthetic limb.

“I have to admit I was surprised by this honour,” said Bedford. “After all, you guys believe in freedom. I believe in bondage. You like free speech. I gag my clients. You support equality. I preach female superiority. You promote humane treatment of prisoners. I torture mine. But why fuss over details?”

In what began as a quest into the mechanisms of autophagy, a cellular degradation process, has lead researchers from the University of Ottawa to an astounding discovery.