Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

Dear friends, May 16th Update Please note an automated message was sent to poster presenters asking for posters to be uploaded to the CBS website...

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Dear friends, April 21st Update Please note that poster and oral presentation details are now available...

Bacterial contamination is a public health and socio-economic problem. In Canada, 220,000 people will develop nosocomial infections each year, 8,000 will die and 106...

Stroke is a detrimental neurologic event that usually results in death or permanent disability. It is estimated that there are 50,000 strokes in Canada each year, and this number is rising with Canada s aging population 1 ...

Metals currently used for prosthetic reconstructions e.g. titanium possess a relatively good success rate, but their performance drops significantly in patients with compromised health status...

Biomaterials designed for bone tissue engineering must be biocompatible and biodegradable and must promote bone cell attachment, proliferation, and migration such that the damaged tissue is repaired or replaced with the newly regenerated bone over time...

Adipose tissue has a limited capacity for repair following trauma, disease, or post-oncologic surgical resection...