CBS Update: Call for Nominations for BoD+ Roles
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by Patricia Comeau
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...
Reminder: Book Accommodation for CBS/CSPS/cc-CRS Meeting this June!
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by Patricia Comeau
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...
CBS/CSPS/cc-CRS 2026 Mtg - Late Breaking Abstracts
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by Patricia Comeau
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...
First introduced over a century ago, total hip arthroplasty THA is a refined surgical intervention that allows for the recovery of function in a patient s debilitated hip joint for up to 10 to 15 years 1 , 2 ...
Protein adsorption to a material is a complex process that causes thrombus formation, infection, and inflammation and can lead to failure of devices1...
A highly elastic and rapidly crosslinkable elastin-like polypeptide-based hydrogel for biomedical applications
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Elastic hydrogels carry the potential to serve as scaffolds for various biomedical applications. Though some elastic hydrogels are biocompatible, most of the synthetic polymer-based elastic scaffolds lack bioactive sequences to promote cell adhesion or migration, which is important for their application in tissue engineering...
Purpose The objective of this project was to deliver a unique malleable DNA-based hydrogel scaffold that can easily be injected by orthopedic surgeons, will set and integrate to the injured site after placement, and will be resorbed over time as it induces rapid in situ tissue regeneration via sustained delivery of osteoinductive drugs...
