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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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BioInnovation Institute & Science Prize for Innovation 0 comments

by Amanda Clifford
Through the BioInnovation Institute Science Prize for Innovation, the editors of Science seek to recognize bold researchers who are asking fundamental questions at the intersection of the life sciences and entrepreneurship...
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High-throughput synthesis, analysis, and optimization of injectable hydrogels for drug delivery comments

by Todd Hoare Fei XU
Hydrogels are three-dimensional crosslinked polymer networks that have been widely explored in drug delivery given that their tunable internal porosities allow drugs to be loaded and subsequently released with user-defined kinetics...
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Development of an Injectable, In situ-forming, and Mechanically Resilient Hydrogel for Cell Delivery for Nucleus Pulposus Regeneration comments

by Hossein Riahinezhad
Intervertebral disk degeneration IVDD is a common disease, especially in elderly people, that causes severe back pain and affects patients mobility and life quality considerably...
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Highly Bioactive VEGF Release from Liquid Injectable Poly(trimethylene carbonate-co-5-hydroxyl trimethylene carbonate) comments

by Brian Amsden Sara Mohajeri
Peripheral arterial disease is a chronic condition caused by the formation and hardening of fatty plaque within arteries and arterioles, resulting in narrowing or blocking of the vessels carrying blood to the limbs...
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Invited Talk: Targeting the mas-related G protein-coupled receptor X2 (MrgprX2) on human mast cells to modulate allergic inflammation comments

by Marianna Kulka
Mast cells MC are important sentinels of the immune system in all vertebrates. They are effectors in allergy and have important roles in disease by secreting histamine, inflammatory and immunomodulatory substances...
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Zinc loaded calcium sulphate enhances rhBMP-2 induced bone formation comments

by Sean Peel Michael Spatafora
Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2 BMP bioimplants are used clinically to promote spinal fusion, fracture non-union and bone defect repair...
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