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Reminder: Book Accommodation for CBS/CSPS/cc-CRS Meeting this June! 0 comments

by Patricia Comeau
Dear CBS Members and Friends, We have been asked to share the following message on behalf of the organizing committee for our upcoming CBS CSPS cc-CRS meeting in Vancouver, BC...
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CBS/CSPS/cc-CRS 2026 Mtg - Late Breaking Abstracts 0 comments

by Patricia Comeau
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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CBS/CSPS/CC-CRS 2026 Meeting Update - Early Bird Registration Deadline Extended 0 comments

by Patricia Comeau
Dear CBS Members and Friends, Early bird registration has been extended to April 15th 2026 and may be completed using the attached link...
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CBS BC Student Chapter Webinar - April 10th at 1pm PST 0 comments

by Patricia Comeau
Dear CBS Members and Friends, The BC Student Chapter of the Canadian Biomaterials Society CBS is pleased to host a webinar this Friday, April 10th at 1pm PST...
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Solvent-controlled nanoparticle formation towards the generation of a robust long-acting lubricious antibiofilm coating for objects with complex geometries comments

by Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu Hossein Yazdani Ahmadabadi
The long-term prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections CAUTIs remains a challenge 1-3 ...
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Prostaglandin E(2) Reverses Scar Tissue Production in Human Kidney Epithelial Cells: Implications for Biomaterial Implantation. comments

by Kim Jones Kimia Sorouri
Myofibroblasts have been implicated in scar tissue formation around biomaterials. When biomaterials are implanted as part of a tissue engineered construct, as a sensor, as a prosthetic or even as a drug delivery device, scar formation fibrosis around the biomaterial often interferes with the intended function...
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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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MATURATION OF HUMAN STEM CELL-DERIVED CARDIOMYOCYTES IN 3D TISSUES THROUGH COLLAGEN DENSITY MODULATION comments

by Milica Radisic Aric Pahnke
Cardiac tissue engineering has emerged as an intriguing course to mitigate the detrimental effects of cardiovascular disease...
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Tissue-specific Microcarriers for Adipose-derived Stem Cell Expansion and Delivery comments

by Lauren Flynn Claire Yu
Adipose-derived stem cells ASCs are an accessible and uniquely expendable regenerative cell source derived from human fat with great potential for tissue engineering...
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