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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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Call for Applications: CBS Mentorship And Professional Development Program 0 comments

by Amanda Clifford
We are pleased to open the call for applications for the CBS Mentorship and Professional Development, a program specifically designed to connect professionals outside of academia with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows coming from the Canadian biomaterial s community...
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14th Intl Symposium on Biodegradable Metals for Biomedical Applications 0 comments

by Neda Latifi
14th Intl Symposium on Biodegradable Metals for Applications on behalf of Professor Mantovani and the Quebec City Student Chapter Want to discover the next generation of bioresorbable metals aiming to bridge the gap between biomaterials and tissue engineering for pediatric, dental, orthopedic, vascular, cardiac, neurological applications, and more? The final program of the upcoming 14th Intl Symposium on Biodegradable Metals for Biomedical Applications is now online...
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Women in the Business of Health Science Bootcamp 0 comments

by Neda Latifi
Dear CBS members on behalf of the OBIO WiHI Program , The OBIO Women in the Business of Health Science Bootcamp will take place between September 12 16, 2022, and is available at no cost to eligible applicants...
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Genetically modified endothelial cells by non­viral (polymeric) vectors: An effective approach to enhance the osteogenic potential of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. comments

by Hasan Uludag
Genetically tailored human mesenchymal stem cells MSC are studied extensively to develop cell-based therapies for bone defects...
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Localized Delivery of Exogenous C-type Natriuretic Peptide from Heparin-Coated NPs – Potential Use in Suppressing Fibrotic Phenotypes in Cardiac Myofibrogenesis comments

by Paul J Santerre Shirley Chung
In a healthy heart, cells naturally secrete C-type natriuretic peptide CNP , an anti-fibrotic cytokine that has strong effects on cardiac fibroblast function, fibrosis, and extracellular matrix deposition...
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In Silico Model for Transient Formation of Tumor Spheroids comments

by Mohsen Akbari Meitham Amereh
Tumors behavior involves complicated molecular biology and correspondingly complicated dynamics. Primary malignant tumors originate from small numbers of cells that go through an avascular devoid of blood vessels mode at their early stage of growth 1 ...
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An off-the-shelf multi-well scaffold-supported platform for tumour organoid-based tissues comments

by Alison McGuigan Nancy Li
Cancer is a family of complex diseases characterized by heterogeneous and dynamic alterations to the genome 1 , 2 ...
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Endoleak and Thrombus Characterization with Dynamic Elastography after Endoleak Embolization following Aneurysm Endovascular Repair comments

by Antony Bertrand-Grenier
Endovascular aneurysm repair EVAR of abdominal aortic aneurysm AAA with stent-graft SG is less invasive than open surgery...
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