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WBC2016 Legacy Travel Award Deadline Extended to March 2 0 comments

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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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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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CBS 2026 Meeting News! 0 comments

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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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Integrating Morphogen releasing Microspheres into Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Aggregates with Hydrogel Scaffolds to Induce Neuronal Differentiation comments

by Stephanie Willerth Tara Styan
The Willerth Lab differentiates human induced pluripotent stem cells hiPSCs into functional neurons for drug screening and therapeutics see https www...
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Hybrid crosslinking of gelatin methacrylate hydrogel with highly tunable stiffness and degradation comments

by Evelyn Yim Muhammad Rizwan
Naturally-bioactive hydrogels, such as gelatin methacrylate GelMA , provide favorable properties for tissue-engineering applications, but lack strength and require complex fabrication or multi-component additives, to improve material strength, which can compromise other properties...
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Surface Tension Guided Hanging-Drop: Producing Controllable 3D Spheroid of High-Passaged Human Dermal Papilla Cells and Forming Inductive Microtissues For Hair-follicle Regeneration comments

by Mengqiu (Malcolm) Xing bingcheng liu
Hair loss is a common disorder that affects mankind due to reasons such as aging, diseases and medications...
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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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Optimization of a Tissue-adhesive Gel with Rapid Gelation and Strong Mechanical Properties for Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering comments

by Sophie Lerouge sepideh samaei
Injectable hydrogels based on chitosan CH , a polysaccharide biopolymer that is soluble in acidic conditions, are increasingly used for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications...
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