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Dear CBS Friends and Members, Please find the Spring 2026 newsletter attached here. Regards, Patricia Comeau, CBS Secretary
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Dear Canadian Biomaterials Society Members Friends, A call for late-breaking abstracts has now been released for our upcoming CBS CSPS cc-CRS 2026 meeting this June in sunny Vancouver, BC...
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A mechanically resilient nanocomposite scaffold for drug delivery-based application comments

by Arghya Paul Aishik Chakraborty
Hydrogels are three-dimensional 3D water-retaining, polymeric matrices that are frequently implemented in diverse biomedical fields1...
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Modulating the inflammatory response of macrophages by delivering pro-resolving mediators comments

by Lindsay Fitzpatrick Rosa Comas
Inflammation is primarily mediated by the innate immune system, and is a necessary stage in healthy wound healing that removes wound debris, prevents infection, and prepares the wound bed for tissue formation...
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Macrophage effects on in vitro tissue regeneration when in co-culture with vascular smooth muscle cells on a degradable polyurethane under biomechanical strain comments

by Kyle Battiston
Monocytes are one of the first cell types present following the implantation of biomaterials or tissue-engineered products, and have been shown to be important in supporting neo tissue formation 1 ...
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Engineering gingival grafts seeded with human adipose-derived stem cells comments

by Paul J Santerre Brian Webb
There is currently no suitable tissue-engineered-solution for gingival recession, a soft tissue defect affecting about half of the U...
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The development of DNA oligomer-crosslinked hydrogels for sustained release applications comments

by Laura Wells Emily Baldwin
Wet age-related macular degeneration AMD is a disease of the posterior chamber of the eye and is the leading cause of vision loss in those 50 years of age and older, with approximately 500,000 people worldwide losing their vision annually...
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