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Abstract Deadline Extended for CBS/CSPS/CC-CRS Conference 0 comments

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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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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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Engineering a Vascularised Encapsulation Device for the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes comments

by Corinne Hoesli Stephanie Fernandez
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder which causes the destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells...
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Random and Aligned Electroapun PET Nanofibers: the Roles of Topography and Bioactive Coatings for Complete, Stable Endothelialization of Vascular Grafts comments

by Sophie Lerouge Houman Savoji
There have been considerable efforts to develop prosthetic small-diameter below 6mm vascular grafts VGs as an alternative to autologous grafts to bypass or replace occluded blood vessels...
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Influence of titanium surface roughness on osteoclast adhesion, spreading and actin ring formation comments

by Douglas Hamilton
The long-term success of dental implants is highly dependent on the process of osseointegration, which is characterized by the direct formation of bone at the implant surface without the presence of intervening fibrous tissue Davies, 2007 ...
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Gene delivery as a tool to promote the deposition of elastin by smooth muscle cells in collagen gel-based vascular wall models comments

by Diego Mantovani Dimitria Camasao
Vascular tissue engineering usually relies on the cellularization of scaffold materials with vascular cells with the ultimate aim to produce artificial blood vessels substitutes overcoming the drawbacks of current vascular grafts, especially for small diameter vessels...
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Effect of cell seeding density on the mechanical and structural maturation of collagen gel-based tubular scaffolds for vascular tissue engineering comments

by Dimitria Camasao
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...
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