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CBS 2023: Abstract Submission Open 0 comments

by Amanda Clifford
Dear Members, Abstract submission is open for CBS 2023 at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS. Please submit your abstract on the conference website www...
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WBC 2024 Symposia Proposal Submission Deadline Extended 0 comments

by Amanda Clifford
Dear Members, The symposia proposal submission deadline for WBC 2024 has been extended to January 30, 2023...
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Call for Papers: Exploration of Biomat-X 0 comments

by Amanda Clifford
The Editorial Board of Exploration of Biomat-X EBMX is excited to invite Canadian Biomaterials Society members to submit your next original contribution to the inaugural edition of this journal...
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Membership Fee Increase 0 comments

by Amanda Clifford
Please note that the CBS Board of Directors has approved an increase in membership fees, effective immediately...
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Layer-by-layer paper-stacking nano fibrous membranes to deliver adipose-derived stem cells for bone regeneration comments

by Wen Zhong Helen H. Hsu
Bone defects, especially large ones, still present a significant challenge in orthopedic tissue engineering, due to the limited self-repair capacity of bone tissues...
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Personalized Oral Dosage Forms Made of Erodible Polymers: Erosion Behavior and Release Profiles comments

by Kibret Mequanint Armin Geraili
Personalized oral dosage forms with tunable release profiles have emerged for optimal treatment of chronic diseases that require variable patterns of drug release in the treatment regimen...
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Tissue-specific Microcarriers for Adipose-derived Stem Cell Expansion and Delivery comments

by Lauren Flynn Claire Yu
Adipose-derived stem cells ASCs are an accessible and uniquely expendable regenerative cell source derived from human fat with great potential for tissue engineering...
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Using Polymeric Biomaterials to Engineer Endothelial Cells Surfaces as a Glycocalyx Replacement for Organ Transplantation Applications comments

by Erika Siren
Introduction The exclusion of expanded criteria donors ECD from transplantation surgery majorly impacts organ recipient wait times, as their organs are too damaged to survive the transplantation process 1 ...
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Modulation of host-pathogen interaction in an engineered mucus microenvironment comments

by Brendan Leung Andy Huang
The human mucus layer plays an important role in host defense. In areas such as the airway and gastrointestinal GI tract, the mucus lining acts as a physical barrier to pathogens while providing a microenvironment for commensal bacteria 1 ...
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