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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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Preparation of rewritable superhydrophobic based biopolymer composite for smart coating integrated with self-healing and anti-fouling comments

by Ravin Narain Artjima Ounkaew
Conventionally, superhydrophobic materials have been widely used in many industries, agriculture, and daily life because of their excellent water-repellent properties 1 2 , anti-fouling 3 , and self-cleaning 2 ...
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Circumventing the Blood-Brain Barrier: Injectable hyaluronan-based hydrogel to deliver Cyclosporin A to promote tissue repair in stroke-injured rat brain comments

by Molly Shoichet Jessica Ngai
Drug delivery to the brain is severely impeded by the blood brain barrier BBB , preventing the use of most potential regenerative agents for diseases such as stroke...
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Defining the effect of endogenous tension on pancreatic differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells comments

by Christopher Moraes Raymond Tran
Type 1 diabetes is caused by the autoimmune destruction of insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas...
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A novel image analysis algorithm for scratch area determination in a scratch assay comments

by Fiona Milano
Scratch area determination is crucial for data obtention after a scratch assay e.g. migration rate ...
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Short Aliphatic Lipid Substitution on Low Molecular Weight Polyethylenimine: Effect on siRNA Complexation from Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies comments

by Hasan Uludag Deniz Meneksedag-Erol
Post transcriptional silencing of aberrant genes with the delivery of short interfering RNA siRNA has been a potent approach to cancer therapy over the last decade...
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