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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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Injectable host-guest gel nanovaccine for cancer immunotherapy against melanoma comments

by Kaige Xu
Despite the extensive development of peptide-based tumor antigen vaccines, the field still faces up enormous challenges from lacking clinical efficacy...
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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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Engineering Vascularized Tissue Constructs with Sacrificial Thermoreversible Hydrogels using a Custom 3D Bioprinter and Angiogenesis-inducing Multipotent Stromal Cells (MSCs) comments

by Ross Fitzsimmons
Bioprinting offers new opportunities for overcoming the previously intractable challenge of creating complex vascular structures within engineered tissues...
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Biomaterials with Fine-Tunable Properties for Soft Tissue Engineering comments

by Anastasia Korolj
Tissue engineering may provide physiologically relevant models of the entire human body that may be used for studying biological mechanisms, as platforms for compound testing, and for cell-based treatment for diseases 1 ...
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Flexible and highly interconnected, multi-scale patterned chitosan porous membrane produced in situ from mussel shell to accelerate wound healing comments

by Mengqiu (Malcolm) Xing Gurankit Singh
We report a mussel shell-derived membrane with a multiscale ordered structure for wound dressing. As an ideal biologically derived dressing, it should be non-toxic and non-allergenic with an appropriate pore size to remove excess exudates...
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  • Alma Tamunonengiofori Banigo: Bioactive Hydrogels Based on Tyramine and Maleimide Functionalized Dextran for Tissue Engineering Applications
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  • Alma Tamunonengiofori Banigo: Synthesis and Engineering of Hyaluronic Acid-Gelatin Hydrogels with Improved Cellular Attachment and Growth
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