Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

Dear Colleagues Breaking News We are so excited that Prof. Jennifer Elisseeff Johns Hopkins has accepted our invitation to be a Plenary Speaker for the upcoming 2022 CBS Conference in Banff Prof...

Why register in the CBS mentorship and professional development program? A PhD for what and then what? This is a question I asked myself during my PhD and my two postdocs...

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GOLD 2022 Webinars Webinar 8 Biomedical applications of gold in vivo applications and technologies, injectable nanoparticles and pharmacology Cancer nanomedicine Overcoming the challenges in current radiotherapy using gold nanoparticles Dr...

The influence of fluoride on bone material properties is a complicated phenomenon. There are many possible mechanisms that fluoride ions could have on the biological processes, bone mineral chemistry, and bone mineral collagen interface properties 1 ...

Nanogels have received huge attention in the past decade due to their non-toxic properties and the ability to encapsulate small molecules for drug delivery that enhance the therapeutic potency of the drugs 1 ...

Adverse tissue reactions are the most common causes of implant failure, they can affect up to 40 of patients with Metal on Metal MoM implants in the first five years of implantation, and a lower but non-negligible number of Metal on Polyethylene MoP and Ceramic on Polyethylene implants 1 ...

Mast cells MC are important sentinels of the immune system in all vertebrates. They are effectors in allergy and have important roles in disease by secreting histamine, inflammatory and immunomodulatory substances...

Over 900,000 bone-grafting procedures are performed each year in the USA 1 . Human bone allografts are used in the orthopaedic reconstruction of skeletal defects resulting from traumatic injuries, diseases and revision arthroplasty however, bone allografts have insufficient mechanical properties 2 and graft fracture is a documented clinical failure mode 3 ...