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CBS representatives at IUS-BSE (2020-2024) 0 comments

by Nima Khadem Mohtaram
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...
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Winner of CBS Service Award - Dr. Diego Mantovani 0 comments

by Nima Khadem Mohtaram
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...
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Winner of CBS Visiting Scholar Award - Dr. Felipe 0 comments

by Nima Khadem Mohtaram
On behalf of CBS Award committee, we wish Dr. Felipe Eltit a hearty congratulation on receiving the CBS Visiting Scholar Award of the year...
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CBS Industry Mentoring Program 0 comments

by Nima Khadem Mohtaram
Canadian universities provide world-recognized training in research and leadership for their graduate students...
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Self-assembled Oligo-urethane Nanoparticles: Loading of CRISPR-Cas9 Complex for Non-viral Delivery to Cells comments

by Paul J Santerre Suja Shrestha
Developing safe and efficient strategies to deliver CRISPR-Cas9 clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats-CRISPR associated protein 9 complexes into cells has grown in importance over recent years, with an increasing demand for non-viral methods to enable clinical translation...
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Nano-spray therapy for treating heart attacks comments

by Emilio Alarcon Marcelo Munoz
We present a nano-spray therapy for on-the spot-repair of a heart attack. Our sprayable therapy uses nano-engineered peptide-based materials, where nanomolar concentrations of surface engineered spherical nanogold are used to coat the surface of the cardiac muscle...
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Modulation of host-pathogen interaction in an engineered mucus microenvironment comments

by Brendan Leung Andy Huang
The human mucus layer plays an important role in host defense. In areas such as the airway and gastrointestinal GI tract, the mucus lining acts as a physical barrier to pathogens while providing a microenvironment for commensal bacteria 1 ...
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Modulating the inflammatory response of macrophages by delivering pro-resolving mediators comments

by Lindsay Fitzpatrick Rosa Comas
Inflammation is primarily mediated by the innate immune system, and is a necessary stage in healthy wound healing that removes wound debris, prevents infection, and prepares the wound bed for tissue formation...
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The Migration of Mesenchymal Perivascular Cells and Endothelial Cells in Hyperglycemia and Euglycemia comments

by John Davies Zhen-Mei Liu
Diabetes is one of the most common diseases affecting 387 million people worldwide and is characterized by high glucose levels hyperglycemia ...
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