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CBS Spring 2018 Newsletter 0 comments

by Todd Hoare
In this issue of the new-look CBS Newsletter Details on CBS 2018 in Victoria, student travel award winners, updates on student chapter activities from across the country, and new award opportunities...
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by Laura McKiel
CBS-KSC is very excited to announce that we have organized a professional development webinar, targeted at biomedical students, with the Cheeky Scientist Association for more information about CSA, please visit https cheekyscientist...
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CBS Fall 2017 Newsletter 0 comments

by Todd Hoare
The latest edition of the CBS Newsletter is now available, with updates on the planning of CBS 2018 in Victoria, a summary of our 2017 meeting in Winnipeg, profiles of the new Board members, and updates from our always active student chapters...
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by Todd Hoare
CBS is soliciting for members of our new standing Awards Committee, which will be responsible for promoting and adjudicating all our CBS awards including two new WBC 2016 Legacy Awards ...
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Localized Delivery of Exogenous C-type Natriuretic Peptide from Heparin-Coated NPs – Potential Use in Suppressing Fibrotic Phenotypes in Cardiac Myofibrogenesis comments

by Paul J Santerre Shirley Chung
In a healthy heart, cells naturally secrete C-type natriuretic peptide CNP , an anti-fibrotic cytokine that has strong effects on cardiac fibroblast function, fibrosis, and extracellular matrix deposition...
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Fibronectin Modified Surfaces for Leukemia Cell Adhesion in Evaluating the Influence of Adhesion on Drug Sensitivity comments

by Juliana Valencia Serna
Current therapies with tyrosine kinase inhibitors such as Imatinib against Chronic Myeloid Leukemia CML inhibit production of 99 of fast-dividing cells, which are mostly the ones that remain in suspension through out the circulation system...
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Circumventing the Blood-Brain Barrier: Injectable hyaluronan-based hydrogel to deliver Cyclosporin A to promote tissue repair in stroke-injured rat brain comments

by Molly Shoichet Jessica Ngai
Drug delivery to the brain is severely impeded by the blood brain barrier BBB , preventing the use of most potential regenerative agents for diseases such as stroke...
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Localized Delivery of Exogenous C-type Natriuretic Peptide from Heparin-Coated NPs – Potential Use in Suppressing Fibrotic Phenotypes in Cardiac Myofibrogenesis comments

by Paul J Santerre Shirley Chung
In a healthy heart, cells naturally secrete C-type natriuretic peptide CNP , an anti-fibrotic cytokine that has strong effects on cardiac fibroblast function, fibrosis, and extracellular matrix deposition...
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Alginate-Gelatin-Matrigel Hydrogels Enable the Development and Multigenerational Passaging of Patient-Derived 3D Bioprinted Cancer Spheroid Models comments

by Salvador Flores-Torres
Hydrogels consisting of controlled fractions of alginate, gelatin, and Matrigel enable the development of patient-derived bioprinted tissue models that support cancer spheroid growth and expansion...
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