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Call for Symposia: WBC 2024 0 comments

by Amanda Clifford
The Scientific Program Committee of WBC2024 are soliciting proposals for symposia at the upcoming World Congress in Daegu, Republic of Korea May 26 May 31, 2023 ...
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CBS Fall 2022 Newsletter 0 comments

by Amanda Clifford
The Fall 2022 edition of the CBS Newsletter has been released. You can access it here.
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CBS 2023 Annual Meeting at Dalhousie University 0 comments

by Amanda Clifford
The 38th CBS annual meeting with be held at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Call for abstracts opens December 1st, 2022, and the Early Bird registration deadline is March 1st, 2023...
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CBS mentorship and Professional Development Program: Information Session 0 comments

by Neda Latifi
The Canadian Biomaterials Society is pleased to present The 2022-2023 CBS mentorship and Professional Development Program Join The 2nd Lab and the CBS-QC Student Chapter this Friday, October 7th, 2022 at 5 00 PM for a hybrid information session about this program...
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Doxorubicin-Loaded Nanoparticle Bone Cement for the Treatment of Metastatic Spine Disease comments

by Ateeque Siddique
Over 80 of metastatic bone disease is caused by breast, prostate, lung, and kidney cancer. The spine is the most common site for metastasis to the bones 1 ...
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Synthetic methacrylic acid hydrogels as platforms for tissue engineering in the context of type 1 diabetes comments

by Michael Sefton Sean Kinney
Type 1 diabetes T1D is an autoimmune disease characterized by the destruction of insulin-producing -cells found in pancreatic islets...
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Enzyme-Degradable Biohybrid Networks comments

by Shadi Taghavi
Degradable polymeric biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications have gained significant attention during the past two decades 1 ...
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Biomimetic Remineralization of Completely Demineralized Dentine Using Nanocomplexes of Carboxymethyl Chitosan/amorphous Calcium Phosphate comments

by Xu Zhang
Currently, it is still a tough task for dentists to remineralize dentine in deep caries. The aim of this study was to remineralize human completely demineralized dentine using nanocomplexes of carboxymethyl chitosan amorphous calcium phosphate CMC ACP based on mimicking the stabilizing effect of dentine matrix protein 1 DMP1 on ACP in the biomineralization of dentine...
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Local Delivery of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor For Ultimate Use in Stroke Repair comments

by Jaclyn Obermeyer
Stroke is a detrimental neurologic event that usually results in death or permanent disability. It is estimated that there are 50,000 strokes in Canada each year, and this number is rising with Canada s aging population 1 ...
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