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Fall 2019 CBS Newsletter 0 comments

by Todd Hoare
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...
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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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Fretting corrosion of CoCrMo hip implants and laboratory simulation comments

by Rizhi Wang Qiong Wang
Adverse local tissue reactions ALTRs affect a significant number of patients with CoCrMo hip implants, the most commonly used material in total hip replacements...
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Use of Antimicrobial Polymer for Sustained Release of Drug from Electrospun Polyurethane Scaffolds comments

by Meghan Wright
Electrospun scaffolds may be used to generate tissue engineered constructs for the regeneration of gingival connective tissues that are destroyed during the progression of periodontal disease...
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Plasma approaches for controlling the release of silver ions from silver-based antibacterial nanocoatings comments

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Recently, the prevention of hospital-acquired infections HAIs has increased to a great extent, due to an augmented awareness on the importance to reduce the spread of bacteria on everyday surfaces located, e...
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Engineering small-caliber arterial models in a biomechanical in vitro platform comments

by Nina Bono
Vascular tissue engineering has made significant advancement over the past decades toward the definition of optimal scaffolds, cell sources, and biomechanical culture parameters for obtaining engineered tissue ET products that resemble native tissues...
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“On-demand” nanofibrous poly(oligo ethylene glycol methacrylate) (POEGMA) hydrogel scaffolds with layered co-encapsulated cells via reactive electrospinning comments

by Todd Hoare Fei XU
In the last two decades, hydrogels have been widely explored for tissue regeneration due to their tunable mechanics, cell compatibility, ease of functionalization, and similarity to soft tissues...
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