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CBS Update: Call for Nominations for BoD+ Roles 0 comments

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...
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Re: CBS Spring 2026 Newsletter (with newsletter) 0 comments

by Patricia Comeau
Dear CBS Friends and Members, Please find the Spring 2026 newsletter attached here. Regards, Patricia Comeau, CBS Secretary
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Reminder: Book Accommodation for CBS/CSPS/cc-CRS Meeting this June! 0 comments

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...
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CBS/CSPS/cc-CRS 2026 Mtg - Late Breaking Abstracts 0 comments

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...
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Evaluation of assembly and disassembly behavior of drug loaded ELP nanoparticles comments

by Larry D. Unsworth Kosala Waduthanthri
Introduction Elastin-like polypeptides ELPs are a group of widely used synthetic polypeptides used to design stimuli responsive drug delivery systems...
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Visible Light Responsive Hydrogel for Affinity-Controlled Long-Term Release of Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) comments

by Brian Amsden Ronghui Qi
Optic neuropathy is a common cause of vision loss resulting from death of retinal ganglion cells due to insufficient blood flow, inflammation, infection or trauma...
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Evaluation of a mussel-derived polymer as a natural bioactive coating for titanium comments

by Fabio Variola Alex Steeves
Metals currently used for prosthetic reconstructions e.g. titanium possess a relatively good success rate, but their performance drops significantly in patients with compromised health status...
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The Co-Delivery of Syngeneic Adipose-derived Stem/Stromal Cells and Macrophages on Decellularized Adipose Tissue Bioscaffolds for In Vivo Adipose Tissue Regeneration comments

by Lauren Flynn Hisham Kamoun
Adipose tissue has a limited capacity for repair following trauma, disease, or post-oncologic surgical resection...
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Surface Tension Guided Hanging-Drop: Producing Controllable 3D Spheroid of High-Passaged Human Dermal Papilla Cells and Forming Inductive Microtissues For Hair-follicle Regeneration comments

by Mengqiu (Malcolm) Xing bingcheng liu
Hair loss is a common disorder that affects mankind due to reasons such as aging, diseases and medications...
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