Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

Dear CBS members, Our Annual General Meeting will take place during the CBS2019 on May 22nd, at 12 15 in the Suzor Room...

Dear CBS members, The CBS Spring Newsletter is now online, featuring information on the CBS2019 program, list of awardees and updates from student chapters...

Dear CBS members, Please note the Biofabrication 2019, the annual meeting of the International Society of Biofabrication...

Dear CBS members - I am pleased to announce that the CBS has devoted 9000 for Merit Travel Awards to help students and fellows assist the CBS2019 Annual meeting...

Optic neuropathy is a common cause of vision loss resulting from death of retinal ganglion cells due to insufficient blood flow, inflammation, infection or trauma...

Alternatives to existing implantable materials ex. metals or autologous grafts for bone tissue repair and regeneration are needed to improve patient outcomes and avoid the complications caused by issues such as stress shielding and donor site morbidity 1 ...

Cell encapsulation demonstrates a very high potential for future tissue engineering applications, since Chang proposed the concept of artificial microencapsulation in 1964 1 ...

Self-assembled nanoparticles NPs based on block copolymers of poly ethylene glycol and poly lactic-co-glycolic acid PEG-PLGA have been widely applied across multiple drug delivery applications including ophthalmic delivery as effective nanoscale carriers of drugs 1 ...

Mast cells MC are important sentinels of the immune system in all vertebrates. They are effectors in allergy and have important roles in disease by secreting histamine, inflammatory and immunomodulatory substances...