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The deadline for the WBC2016 Legacy Travel Award has been extended to March 2, 2026, to match the abstract deadline extension for the CBS CSPS CC-CRS Conference...
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Dear members and friends of the Canadian Biomaterials Society, The abstract deadline has been extended to March 2nd, 2026 for the upcoming CBS CCPS cc-CRS 2026 meeting this June in Vancouver, BC...
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Dear friends , For this years annual meeting in beautiful Vancouver, BC June 2 - 5 2026 we are happy to partner with the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences CSPS and the Canadian Chapter of the Controlled Release Society cc-CRS ...
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Call for Abstracts for CBS/CSPS/cc-CRS Conference is now open! 0 comments

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Call for Abstracts is OPEN 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...
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Engineering personalized neural tissue using the novel functionalized transcription factor IASCL1 comments

by Stephanie Willerth
The transcription factor Ascl1 plays a key role in neural development and previous work by the Wernig group demonstrated that Ascl1 overexpression using viral vectors can reprogram fibroblasts directly in neurons through the process of cellular reprogramming ADDIN EN...
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Binding strength of uremic toxins with albumin and effect on protein conformation comments

by Larry D. Unsworth shuhui li
Chronic kidney disease CKD is defined as reduced glomerular filtration rate and leads to the accumulation of uremic toxins in blood 1 ...
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Studying the effect of shear stress on human corneal epithelial cells comments

by Maud Gorbet David Wulff
The cornea is the most important refractive component of the ocular system 1 . Corneal epithelial cells are exposed to shear stresses that are caused by the eyelids during blinking 2 ...
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Temperature Responsive Nanogels for the Encapsulation and Targeted Delivery of Nitroimidazole Derivatized Molecule for Therapeutic and Diagnostic Treatment of Hypoxic Liver Cancer comments

by Ravin Narain Stephen Quan
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 ...
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Protocol Development for Direct Cellular Reprogramming of Reactive Astrocytes to Neurons Using Modified Neurogenin2, VPA and TNF-α comments

by Ian Fraser
Direct cellular reprogramming is the practice of converting a cell type into another without first converting them into stem cells...
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