Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

The Fall 2019 edition of the CBS Newsletter is now available. Read about the latest initiatives from CBS, look back at the Quebec City CBS Annual Meeting and look ahead to WBC 2020 coming up this May in Glasgow, find out more about our very active student chapters across the country, meet the new CBS Senior Board Members and President-Elect, and learn more about the many award opportunities provided by CBS...

It is my pleasure to announce that Dr. Sophie Lerouge and Dr. Lauren Flynn have been elected by board of directors as CBS representatives for the IUS-BSE for the period of 2020-2024...

We are very pleased to inform you that Dr. Diego Mantovani has been selected by the Board of Directors of the Canadian Biomaterials Society CBS as the next recipient of the CBS Service Award, acknowledging his outstanding contributions to our Society...

On behalf of CBS Award committee, we wish Dr. Felipe Eltit a hearty congratulation on receiving the CBS Visiting Scholar Award of the year...

Tracheal injury, stenosis, and malignancy demand surgical management and repair. While end-to-end anastomosis can treat smaller lesions, it is limited for larger lesions as those greater than half the length of an adult trachea and a third of the length of a pediatric trachea cannot be safely resected1...

Magnesium alloys have the highest strength weight ratio of all known structural metals. They are a third lighter than aluminum and a quarter the density of steel...

Current synthetic vascular grafts VG lead to intimal hyperplasia and thrombosis which prevent their use in small diameter prostheses...

Tumor resection, trauma, and infection are a few of the conditions that may lead to bone loss. Oftentimes, the body requires additional medical intervention to aid in its natural regeneration process due to the extent of bone loss...

Due to their small size and thus ready injectability, biodegradable polymer microspheres have been widely examined for protein drug delivery...