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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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Tribocorrosion and metal release in retrieved Metal-on-Polyethylene total hip implants comments

by Rizhi Wang Qiong Wang
In recent years, adverse local tissue reactions ALTRs have been observed in total hip implants that use CoCrMo femoral head articulating against highly-crosslinking polyethylene HXLPE liner, raising an urgent concern to the biomedical community...
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Ultra-high molecular weight hyperbranched polyglycerol polymers are hemocompatible materials for biomedical applications comments

by Lily Takeuchi
Generally, drug molecules are associated with low solubility in physiological media, rapid metabolism or undesired interaction with proteins present in the blood including enzymes and antibodies...
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Evaporation-induced surface crystallization of calcium phosphate and osteoclast activity comments

by Rizhi Wang Christina Chen
Osteoclastic activity influences bone remodelling process by degrading bone minerals and collagenADDIN RW...
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Engineering the heart: Evaluation of conductive nanomaterials for improving implant integration and cardiac function comments

by Mengqiu (Malcolm) Xing mohammad Ali darabi
Engineering cardiac tissues in vitro offers new perspectives for the therapy of myocardial infarction MI 1 ...
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Influence of linking arm hydrophilicity and binding sites on the bioactivity of surface-immobilized fibronectin comments

by Stephanie Vanslambrouck
Grafting proteins on surfaces is of great interest for several biomedical applications, such as tissue engineering or drug delivery systems 1 ...
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