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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 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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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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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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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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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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Silver nanoparticles decorated eggshell membrane: processing, cytotoxicity assessment and optimization, antibacterial activity and wound healing comments

by Jun Wu Menglong Liu
An ideal wound dressing should possesses good biocompatibility and proper porosity, as well as effective antibacterial property to accelerate wound healing...
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Mechano-Hypoxia Conditioning of Human Stem Cell-Based Cartilage with Transient TGF-β3 Stimulation comments

by David Li
Knee osteoarthritis KOA is the most common osteoarthritis that affects over 10 of Canadians. It occurs in almost all demographics and individuals with injured articular cartilage AC are especially at risk of KOA development...
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  • Robyn Birch: Denosumab treatment of giant cell tumors in the spine induces woven bone formation
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  • Daniel Nguyen: Mechanically Stable and Tunable Photoactivated Peptide-Based Hydrogels for Soft Tissue Adhesion
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  • German Andres Mercado: Mechanically Stable and Tunable Photoactivated Peptide-Based Hydrogels for Soft Tissue Adhesion
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  • German Andres Mercado: Multipurpose On-the-Spot Peptide-Based Hydrogels for Skin, Cornea and Heart Repair
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