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

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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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Reducing catechol-chitosan oxidation and steric hindrance to design injectable and adhesive hydrogels for cell therapy comments

by Capucine Guyot
With the recent progresses of cell therapies comes the need to design new injectable vehicles optimized for targeted treatments...
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Injectable Interpenetrating Polymer Network Hydrogels from Pairwise Orthogonal Reactive Mixing of Functionalized Prepolymers comments

by Todd Hoare Trevor Gilbert
Interpenetrating polymer networks IPNs are a class of cross-linked materials in which two distinct networks overlap within the same bulk volume...
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Self-assembling Peptide Matrix for Localized Stimulation of Tissue Resident Human Mast Cells in Skin comments

by Lei Lu
Engineered biomaterials for manipulating the immune response for direct therapeutic outcomes is a burgeoning field of research...
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Preparation of chitin-amphipathic anion / quaternary ammonium salt eco-friendly dressing and its effect on wound healing in mice comments

by Mengqiu (Malcolm) Xing ruijia yang
Chitin is a natural biocompatible polysaccharide made of N-acetyl-2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucose linked through 13-1,4 glycosidic linkages...
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Mussel-Inspired Dopamine and Carbon Nanotube Leading to a Biocompatible Self-Rolling Conductive Hydrogel Film comments

by Wen Zhong Helen H. Hsu
An ideal matrix or cell living environment is generally expected to have an appropriate morphology, mechanical properties, and biological compatibility...
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