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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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An Injectable Conductive Three-Dimensional Elastic Network by Tangled Surgical-Suture Spring for Heart Repair comments

by Xingying Zhang
When myocardial infarction MI occurs, high stiffness and nonconductive fibrotic scar tissues are generated due to the low regenerative competence of cardiomyocytes CMs ...
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Conductive Nerve Guidance-Based Electrical Stimulation to Peripheral Nerves: An Ex Vivo Assay comments

by Olexandr Bondarenko
Successful repair of severely injured peripheral nerves requires physical guidance such as tubularization 1 and a neurotrophic environment such as the presence of neurotrophic factors...
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Concentric Layer 3D Printing Enhances Mechanical Performance of Nanocomposite Biomaterials comments

by Thomas Willett Haresh Patil
Critical Size Bone Defects CSBDs result from bone loss or damage greater than the self-healing capacity of the bone tissue itself...
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W-Fe-Mn radiopaque coatings for biodegradable stents comments

by Diego Mantovani Samira Ravanbakhsh
Biodegradable metals, a new class of biomaterials, are promising in stenting applications. In the past years, Fe-Mn based alloys have raised the interest of the scientific community due to good combination of properties such as mechanical properties, biocompatibility and corrosion behavior...
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Investigating the Role and Mechanisms of Extracellular Vesicle Signalling in Human Cardiac Tissue-on-a-Chip Models comments

by Milica Radisic Karl Wagner
Unlike seasonal coronaviruses, SARS-CoV-2 has a profound tropism for the heart. Estimates indicate 78 of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 experience cardiac side effects, with asymptomatic individuals still at risk of viral-induced heart failure, yet the mechanisms and consequences of such effects remain unclear...
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