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The 37th CBS Annual Meeting in Banff 0 comments

by Neda Latifi
The Canadian Biomaterials Society CBS will be hosting the 37th Annual Meeting in Banff, Alberta in a hybrid format from Wed...
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We would like to obtain feedback from our members regarding possible new logo designs. Please vote for your preferred option through the CBS Logo Poll at this location https biomaterials...
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The 2022 Biomaterials Challenge 0 comments

by Neda Latifi
The Ottawa Student Chapter is pleased to present The 2022 Biomaterials Challenge We challenge graduate and undergraduate students in Ontario to compete on explaining How to select a biomaterial? and What is biocompatibility? to 7th-grade students in a 3-minute recorded video or an infographic Deadline to submit March 10th, 2022
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2022 Conference Update 0 comments

by Larry D. Unsworth
Dear Colleagues Breaking News Joining Prof. Jennifer Elisseeff Johns Hopkins is both Prof. W. Wagner AND Prof...
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Tribocorrosion and metal release in retrieved Metal-on-Polyethylene total hip implants comments

by Rizhi Wang Qiong Wang
In recent years, adverse local tissue reactions ALTRs have been observed in total hip implants that use CoCrMo femoral head articulating against highly-crosslinking polyethylene HXLPE liner, raising an urgent concern to the biomedical community...
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Structural changes of bone induced by metastatic lesions of prostate cancer comments

by Felipe Eltit
One out of nine Canadian men will suffer prostate cancer PC during his lifetime 1 . Life expectancy of men with PC has increased due to androgen deprivation therapy and nowadays 90 of PC patients live 10 years...
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HIF-1α Expression and Oxidative Damage in RAW264.7 Murine Macrophages Exposed to Cobalt and Chromium Ions comments

by Zeina Salloum
Metal by-products, including metal ions, released in greater amount from metal-on-metal MM hip implants than from metal-on-polyethylene implants are a cause for concern as they can compromise the functionality and survivorship of the implants due to adverse tissue reactions 1, 2 ...
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Riboflavin plastic modification for antimicrobial treatment comments

by Emilio Alarcon Marcelo Munoz
Biomedical devices are a 400 billion market worldwide. Those range from single-use band-aids to highly sophisticated imaging devices...
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An Investigation of Breast Cancer Metastasis to Bone in a 3D Dense Collagen Hydrogel Culture comments

by Showan N. Nazhat Mark Sven Jà¤mes-Bhasin
Breast cancer metastasis to bone is associated with poor patient prognosis as current non-specific therapeutics are administered systemically with deleterious side effects...
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