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Save the Date for CBS2026! June 2–5, 2026 0 comments

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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...
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CBS Eastern Canada Research Day - Abstracts due Sept 15th 0 comments

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 ...
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CBS Board of Directors Elections 2025 and CBS2027 Update 0 comments

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...
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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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A novel image analysis algorithm for scratch area determination in a scratch assay comments

by Fiona Milano
Scratch area determination is crucial for data obtention after a scratch assay e.g. migration rate ...
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Development of brain-derived bioscaffolds for neural progenitor cell culture and delivery comments

by Lauren Flynn Julia Terek
Neurodegenerative diseases are a leading cause of disability worldwide. Although the individual pathophysiology differs between conditions, they are generally characterized by the progressive loss of structure or function of neurons and supportive glial cells in the brain...
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Nano-spray therapy for treating heart attacks comments

by Emilio Alarcon Marcelo Munoz
We present a nano-spray therapy for on-the spot-repair of a heart attack. Our sprayable therapy uses nano-engineered peptide-based materials, where nanomolar concentrations of surface engineered spherical nanogold are used to coat the surface of the cardiac muscle...
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Optimal Biomaterials for Tracheal Epithelial Grafts: A Systematic Comparative Analysis comments

by Ratna Varma
Tracheal injury, stenosis, and malignancy demand surgical management and repair. While end-to-end anastomosis can treat smaller lesions, it is limited for larger lesions as those greater than half the length of an adult trachea and a third of the length of a pediatric trachea cannot be safely resected1...
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