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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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Micro-scale distribution of RGD/BMP-2 peptides to control hMSCs osteogenesis comments

by IBRAHIM BILEM
Nowadays, several protocols are proposed to induce the osteogenesis new bone tissue formation in order to regenerate or replace bone tissue when it is severely damaged...
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PHYSICO-CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE COMPOSITE OF CHITOSAN/ HYDROXYAPATITE FOR APPLICATIONS IN BONE REGENERATION comments

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The biomaterials have had a wide range of applications in different fields and for a variety of purposes, such as medical treatment, to diagnose diseases and build medical devices for applications in dentistry and orthopedics...
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PAMAM dendrimer based formulation of haloperidol for brain targeting via intranasal delivery comments

by Yogesh Katare
Delivery of therapeutics across blood brain barrier is a challenging task as most small organic molecules have inadequate aqueous solubility, limited bioavailability or poor permeation across blood brain barrier 1 ...
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Development of a Novel Method for the Strengthening and Toughening of Irradiation-Sterilized Bone Allografts used in Orthopaedic Reconstructions comments

by Thomas Willett Tarik Attia
Over 900,000 bone-grafting procedures are performed each year in the USA 1 . Human bone allografts are used in the orthopaedic reconstruction of skeletal defects resulting from traumatic injuries, diseases and revision arthroplasty however, bone allografts have insufficient mechanical properties 2 and graft fracture is a documented clinical failure mode 3 ...
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Doxorubicin-Loaded Nanoparticle Bone Cement for the Treatment of Metastatic Spine Disease comments

by Ateeque Siddique
Over 80 of metastatic bone disease is caused by breast, prostate, lung, and kidney cancer. The spine is the most common site for metastasis to the bones 1 ...
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