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Dear CBS Members and Friends. As our annual general meeting AGM approaches we are actively seeking nominations for available spots on the Board of Directors for the CBS, the student representative, and both secretary and treasurer roles...
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Dear CBS Friends and Members, Please find the Spring 2026 newsletter attached here. Regards, Patricia Comeau, CBS Secretary
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Dear CBS Members and Friends, We have been asked to share the following message on behalf of the organizing committee for our upcoming CBS CSPS cc-CRS meeting in Vancouver, BC...
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Dear Canadian Biomaterials Society Members Friends, A call for late-breaking abstracts has now been released for our upcoming CBS CSPS cc-CRS 2026 meeting this June in sunny Vancouver, BC...
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The Effects of pHEMA Hydrogel Material Properties on Lens Epithelial and Neutrophil-Like Cells comments

by Laura Wells Jordan Pernari
When treating cataracts, opacified lenses are replaced by surgically inserted artificial intraocular lenses IOLs ...
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Sulfur-rich hydrogel surfaces for biocompatibility enhancement and biomolecule immobilization comments

by Pierre-Luc Girard-Lauriault Bishakh Rout
Hydrogels are good candidates for use as biomaterials, with general characteristics that make them amenable to the internal biological environment...
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Self-assembled Oligo-urethane Nanoparticles: Loading of CRISPR-Cas9 Complex for Non-viral Delivery to Cells comments

by Paul J Santerre Suja Shrestha
Developing safe and efficient strategies to deliver CRISPR-Cas9 clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats-CRISPR associated protein 9 complexes into cells has grown in importance over recent years, with an increasing demand for non-viral methods to enable clinical translation...
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Self-propelled particles loaded with tranexamic acid stop bleeding following trauma comments

by Christian Kastrup James Baylis
Bleeding is the leading cause of preventable death following trauma in both civilian and combat situations...
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Development of an Injectable, In situ-forming, and Mechanically Resilient Hydrogel for Cell Delivery for Nucleus Pulposus Regeneration comments

by Brian Amsden Hossein Riahinezhad
Intervertebral disk degeneration IVDD is a common disease, especially in elderly people, that causes severe back pain and affects patients mobility and life quality considerably...
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