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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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WBC2024 Plenary Speaker Recommendation Closes October 4 0 comments

by Amanda Clifford
Dear CBS Members, The World Biomaterials Congress 2024 WBC2024 is soliciting recommendations for plenary speakers...
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Novel Degradable Eyedrop Formulations for Treatment of Allergic Conjunctivitis comments

by Mitchell Ross
Allergic conjunctivitis affects nearly 40 of the North American population 1 . Topical eye drops are the most common treatment method, but it is generally accepted that less than 5 of an applied dose remains bioavailable, resulting in frequent reapplication 2 , 3 ...
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Novel Green Polyurethanes Nanocellulose Composites for Applications in Tissue Engineering comments

by Yaser Dahman
Scaffolds are a main part of biomaterial science and are used as biodegradable implants that are capable of supporting the host tissue, guiding the tissue to grow within it and degrading in the body as the tissue regenerates 1-3...
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Engineering personalized neural tissue using the novel functionalized transcription factor IASCL1 comments

by Stephanie Willerth
The transcription factor Ascl1 plays a key role in neural development and previous work by the Wernig group demonstrated that Ascl1 overexpression using viral vectors can reprogram fibroblasts directly in neurons through the process of cellular reprogramming ADDIN EN...
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The Migration of Mesenchymal Perivascular Cells and Endothelial Cells in Hyperglycemia and Euglycemia comments

by John Davies Zhen-Mei Liu
Diabetes is one of the most common diseases affecting 387 million people worldwide and is characterized by high glucose levels hyperglycemia ...
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Glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor-releasing nanofibers with varied topographies for neural tissue engineering applications comments

by Stephanie Willerth Nima Khadem Mohtaram
Encapsulated, aligned nanofibers fabricated by solution electrospinning can serve as multifunctional biomaterial scaffolds, due to their desirable topographical and drug delivery properties 1 ...
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