Save the Date for CBS2026! June 2–5, 2026
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Overview The Canadian Biomaterials Society CBS , the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences CSPS , and the Controlled Release Society cc-CRS are joining forces to host a landmark joint conference at UBC Vancouver...
CBS Eastern Canada Research Day - Abstracts due Sept 15th
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by Patricia Comeau
Dear CBS Members Colleagues, We are excited to share that four of our Eastern Canada student chapters have organized a 2025 Canadian Biomaterials Society Eastern Canada Student Research Day ...
CBS Board of Directors Elections 2025 and CBS2027 Update
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by Lindsay Fitzpatrick
Dear CBS Member, I have a two important news items to communicate 1. CBS Board Member Elections It is now time to cast your votes for open positions on the CBS Board of Directors...
Differentiation of Mononuclear Cells From Cord Blood in Endothelial Cells Forming Colony Onto Bioactive Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Film for In Situ Endothelialization
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Cardiovascular diseases are one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. When the replacement of diseased arteries is needed, vascular surgeons often have no choice but to use synthetic arterial prostheses made either of poly ethylene terephthalate PET or Dacron or expanded tetrafluoroethylene ePTFE or Teflon ...
Effect of cell seeding density on the mechanical and structural maturation of collagen gel-based tubular scaffolds for vascular tissue engineering
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Vascular tissue engineering usually relies on the cellularization of scaffold materials with vascular cells with the ultimate aim to produce artificial living artery equivalents overcoming the drawbacks of current vascular grafts, especially for small diameter vessels...
In the past decades, the rise of nanotechnology and gene therapy have brought new hope for the development of novel preventatives and therapeutics, as recently demonstrated by the success of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines1,2...
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...