Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

The biomaterials have had a wide range of applications in different fields and for a variety of purposes, such as medical treatment, to diagnose diseases and build medical devices for applications in dentistry and orthopedics...

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...

Type 1 diabetes mellitus T1DM is an autoimmune diseases where the insulin producing -cells are destroyed by the immune system, exposing one to the high risks of accumulated glucose in the body...

Mesenchymal Stem Cells MSCs are adult stem cells which have gained high interest in regenerative medicine considering their self-renewal ability, multipotency, ease of access, and high proliferative rate...

Elastin is the extracellular protein primarily responsible for elasticity in animal tissues. Elastin self-assembles from its protein building block unit, tropoelastin, via a liquid-liquid phase separation process known as coacervation...