Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

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Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. In Canada, over 50 000 coronary artery bypass surgeries and percutaneous coronary interventions are performed each year...

Most strategies aiming at developing biocompatible arterial prostheses target the recruitment of endothelial cells EC to reproduce a native artery intima...

Two problems arise when replacing a patient artery by a synthetic vascular graft VG . The first one is the absence of endothelial lining on the lumen side of the graft, related to the inappropriate surface properties and textures, which leads to VG thrombosis...

Diabetic patients suffer from frequent formation of sores on the foot, called diabetic ulcers DU , that are struggling to heal and subject to frequent infections that may require amputation of the lower legs...

Vascular tissue engineering seeks to produce biologically and mechanically responsive vascular substitutes using cells, scaffolds and bioreactors, to address the shortcomings of current vascular interventions such as coronary artery bypass grafts and to create pre-clinical testing platforms to study vascular pathologies...