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Save the Date for CBS2025! 0 comments

by Lindsay Fitzpatrick
Join us in Kingston, Ontario for the 39th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Biomaterials Society Dates May 21-23, 2025 Location Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario Stay tuned for more information...
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Board of Directors for 2024 - 2025 0 comments

by Isabelle Catelas
Dear CBS members, It is my pleasure to announce the new Board of Directors of the CBS for 2024 - 2025...
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AGM 2024 Details 0 comments

by Todd Hoare
Dear friends - here are the final details for the upcoming hybrid CBS Annual General Meeting In-person May 29, 2024, 8 30 AM KST in room 504 of EXCO Center Online May 28, 2024, 7 30 PM EDT at Zoom link https mcgill...
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2023 AGM minutes for review 0 comments

by Todd Hoare
The 2023 CBS Annual General Meeting minutes to be approved at the 2024 AGM are posted on the members-only meeting page https biomaterials...
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Investigation of human bone with plasma focused ion beam reveals mesoscale mineral clusters comments

by Dakota Binkley
The remarkable mechanical properties of bone are attributed to the hierarchical organization of microscopic structures made up of collagen and mineral spanning across the nano- to microscale 1 ...
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Subtractive manufacturing with swelling induced stochastic folding of sacrificial materials for fabricating complex perfusable tissues in multi-well plates comments

by Boyang Zhang Shravanthi Rajasekar
Organ-on-a-chip systems that recapitulate tissue-level functions have been proposed to improve in vitro in vivo correlation in drug development...
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Evaluation of a tissue engineered nerve conduit for peripheral nerve regeneration of a rat sciatic nerve defect comments

by Alexane Thibodeau
Even with all recent technologies, peripheral nerve transections are still a challenge for surgeon. Nerve defect can lead to severe loss of sensibility and motor functions with significant impact on patient s quality of life...
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Responsive surface modifications of acrylic-based copolymers for the modulation of lens epithelial cell behaviour comments

by Laura Wells Sumaiya Karim
Polymer coatings or bulk materials modified with photo-responsive molecules whose properties change in response to different wavelengths of light could enable shifts in cell-material interactions1 at device interfaces after implantation...
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Self Assembling MMP-2 Cleavable Hydrogel Drug Delivery Systems comments

by Larry D. Unsworth Kyle Koss
Peptides are the fastest growing segment of the pharmaceutical industry, and are generally considered the ideal therapeutic specific, potent, small enough for diffusion...
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