Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

As part of its legacy strategy, the NanoMedicines Innovation Network NMIN is creating an online database of Canadian nanomedicines researchers and the areas of expertise represented within their labs...

Dear Trainees, Drs. Marcelo Munoz and Emilio Alarcon will facilitate a workshop on Peptide Synthesis and Applications in Regenerative Medicine at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute from August 14th to 17th, 2023...

Dear Members, The annual conference of the International Society of Biofabrication ISBF is being held this September 17-20 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan...

Dear Members, The early bird registration deadline for CBS 2023 in Halifax has been extended to April 21st, 2023 To register, click here...

Implantable plates, screws and wires are frequently held in the surgical instrument tray, and are reprocessed every time the instruments are used...

The monocyte-derived macrophage is one of the first cell types found on newly implanted devices and is known to play a role in inflammation, immunoregulation and wound healing depending on its functional phenotype...

Magnesium and its alloys represent promising bone substitutes capable of withstanding the mechanical loads generally associated with orthopedic and dental implants while gradually degrading to support the growth of new tissue 1 ...

Cardiovascular diseases continue to be the leading cause of death worldwide. Among these disorders, coronary stenosis is a major threat because it can directly cause heart muscle tissue death and heart arrest...

Bioactive glasses have long been studied as bone replacement materials. Owing to their lower chemical durability, bioactive borate glasses degrade more rapidly and consequently have a quicker conversion rate to bone-like mineral hydroxy-carbonated apatite, HCA when compared to the traditional silicate bioactive glasses 1 ...