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...

Spinal cord injuries SCI are appraised as one of the most serious neuronal degradation challenges world-wide 1, 2 ...

Total joint arthroplasty TJA is the most common treatment option for severe arthritis. Typically the bearing design is a metal CoCr component on an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene UHMWPE counterface...

Neurodegenerative diseases are a leading cause of disability worldwide. Although the individual pathophysiology differs between conditions, they are generally characterized by the progressive loss of structure or function of neurons and supportive glial cells in the brain...

The structural and functional properties of collagen are modulated by the presence of intramolecular and intermolecular crosslinks...

Injectable hydrogels based on chitosan CH , a polysaccharide biopolymer that is soluble in acidic conditions, are increasingly used for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications...