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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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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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Integrating Morphogen releasing Microspheres into Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Aggregates with Hydrogel Scaffolds to Induce Neuronal Differentiation comments

by Stephanie Willerth Tara Styan
The Willerth Lab differentiates human induced pluripotent stem cells hiPSCs into functional neurons for drug screening and therapeutics see https www...
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Tenogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells in aligned dense collagen hydrogels by mechanical stimulation comments

by Showan N. Nazhat Hyeree Park
Tendon and ligament reconstruction account for 30 billion per year in the USA alone1. Current gold standard is autograft-based, which limits supply and causes donor site morbidity...
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Lipid- conjugated polyethylenimines efficiently transfect siRNA in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells comments

by Hasan Uludag Mohammad Nasrullah
Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells PBMCs are vital components of the innate immune system. Signal Transduction and Activator of Transcription 5A STAT5A is one of the major transcription factors in PBMCs, which affects the regulation of multiple downstream genes and cell fate...
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Injectable thermosensitive hydrogel for dendritic cells immunomodulation in promoting anti-inflammatory T-cell response comments

by Yi Zhu
Dendritic cells DCs are antigen-presenting cells and play an essential role in bridging the innate and adaptive immune responses 1 ...
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Mechano-Hypoxia Conditioning of Human Stem Cell-Based Cartilage with Transient TGF-β3 Stimulation comments

by David Li
Knee osteoarthritis KOA is the most common osteoarthritis that affects over 10 of Canadians. It occurs in almost all demographics and individuals with injured articular cartilage AC are especially at risk of KOA development...
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