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CBS nominations for positions within the Board of Directors and proposals for CBS2026 0 comments

by Isabelle Catelas
Dear CBS member, This email concerns nominations for positions on the Board of Directors and proposals to host the 2026 Annual Meeting...
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A survey towards the development of a Canadian database of nanomedicine-related research expertise 0 comments

by Mohsen Akbari
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...
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Workshop: Peptide Synthesis and Applications in Regenerative Medicine 0 comments

by Amanda Clifford
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...
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International Society of Biofabrication (ISBF) Conference 2023 0 comments

by Amanda Clifford
Dear Members, The annual conference of the International Society of Biofabrication ISBF is being held this September 17-20 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan...
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Microfluidic Generation of Core Shell Multicellular Cancer Spheroids comments

by Albert Gevorkian
It is currently established that two-dimensional 2D cancer cell culture fails to recapitulate the essential features of in vivo tumor growth...
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Engineering a Vascularised Encapsulation Device for the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes comments

by Corinne Hoesli Stephanie Fernandez
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder which causes the destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells...
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Is interleukin-1β release by macrophages exposed to CoCrMo or chromium oxide particles NLRP3 inflammasome and/or redox dependent? comments

by Isabelle Catelas Nasteho ABDOULKADER DOUBAD
Previous studies have shown that CoCrMo and chromium oxide wear particles from CoCrMo implants can induce interleukin-1 IL 1 release by macrophages and thereby contribute to the overall periprosthetic inflammatory response 1, 2 ...
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Thrombo-inflammation in sheared blood-contacting biomaterials: the effect of donor disease state on in vitro findings comments

by Maud Gorbet Matthew Robichaud
The inflammatory response to blood-contacting biomaterials underlies many complications in clinical circulatory support...
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Development of self-associating SN-38-conjugated poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(ester) micelles for colorectal cancer therapy comments

by Afsaneh Lavasanifar Sams Sadat
The clinical use of 7-ethyl-10-hydroxy-camptothecin SN-38 , the active metabolite of irinotecan, has been hampered because of its practical water-insolubility...
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