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Annual General Meeting 2024 Link 0 comments

by Davide Brambilla
Dear members, The 2024 CBS AGM will take place on May 28th at 7 30 PM EST. Please find here the link https mcgill...
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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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Fiber formation in genipin crosslinked elastin-based materials: a balance of coacervation, crosslinking comments

by Kirklann Lau
Elastin is the extracellular protein primarily responsible for elasticity in animal tissues. Elastin self-assembles from its protein building block unit, tropoelastin, via a liquid-liquid phase separation process known as coacervation...
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Self-assembling Peptide Matrix for Localized Stimulation of Tissue Resident Human Mast Cells in Skin comments

by Lei Lu
Engineered biomaterials for manipulating the immune response for direct therapeutic outcomes is a burgeoning field of research...
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Glycocalyx engineering approaches for organ transplantation via localized immunomodulation comments

by Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu Haiming Daniel Luo
Immunomodulation, the ability to alter the immune response of a cell to a desired level, can significantly enhance organ transplantation...
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Injectable Thermosensitive Chitosan/Chondroitin Sulfate Hydrogels for Cell Therapy comments

by Sophie Lerouge Yasaman Alinejad
Injectable hydrogels have received much attention to be used as scaffolds for therapeutic cell delivery because of their interesting properties such as biocompatibility, ability to retain water, insignificant mechanical and frictional irritation with the native tissue and having the possibility to be located in the body through minimally invasive operations...
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Polyelectrolyte Complex Beads of Chitosan-Sodium Polyphosphate for Treatment of Osteomyelitis comments

by Mark Filiaggi Sajjad Fanaee
Osteomyelitis OM is an inflammation in the bone caused by a bacterial infection that leads to bone destruction osteolysis 1 ...
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