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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

by Patricia Comeau
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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CBS Board of Directors Elections 2025 and CBS2027 Update 0 comments

by Lindsay Fitzpatrick
Dear CBS Member, I have a two important news items to communicate 1. CBS Board Member Elections It is now time to cast your votes for open positions on the CBS Board of Directors...
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Preparation of chitin-amphipathic anion / quaternary ammonium salt eco-friendly dressing and its effect on wound healing in mice comments

by Mengqiu (Malcolm) Xing ruijia yang
Chitin is a natural biocompatible polysaccharide made of N-acetyl-2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucose linked through 13-1,4 glycosidic linkages...
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Mucoadhesive Polymeric Micelles for Enhanced Ocular Drug Delivery comments

by Karim Soliman
Drugs administered via topical eye drops suffer from low ocular bioavailability 5 due to anatomical and physiological barriers of the eye...
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Reducing catechol-chitosan oxidation and steric hindrance to design injectable and adhesive hydrogels for cell therapy comments

by Capucine Guyot
With the recent progresses of cell therapies comes the need to design new injectable vehicles optimized for targeted treatments...
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Use of Antimicrobial Polymer for Sustained Release of Drug from Electrospun Polyurethane Scaffolds comments

by Meghan Wright
Electrospun scaffolds may be used to generate tissue engineered constructs for the regeneration of gingival connective tissues that are destroyed during the progression of periodontal disease...
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Immunomodulatory hydrogel microspheres as a sustained release system for angiogenic growth factors comments

by Eric Tawagi
Revascularization approaches that involve delivering growth factors with short half-lives minutes over periods of weeks in order to regenerate micro vessels have been identified as promising strategies to address disorders related to compromised tissue perfusion...
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  • Kate MacQuarrie: Smooth muscle cell-like support cells accelerate the autologous endothelialization of a polyurethane scaffold for vascular engineering
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