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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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Call for Members - CBS Awards Committee 0 comments

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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2nd Biomaterials Symposium of the Quebec Chapter 0 comments

by Caroline Loy
The Quebec City Chapter is organising its 2nd Symposium on October 27th. This symposium aims to provide a forum for learning and discussion related to the field of biomaterials and to stimulate communication within a multidisciplinary community of students, academics, clinicians, and industry representatives...
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CBS-KSC Presents: Webinar with Dr. Gaétan Laroche 0 comments

by Laura McKiel
CBS-KSC is proud to host our first webinar, happening on August 9, 2017 at 1 00 pm EST We are very excited to have Dr...
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Bisphosphonate Delivery through Ammonia-induced Calcium Phosphate Insert and Effects on Osteoclastic Resorption Activity comments

by Rizhi Wang Christina Chen
Bisphosphonates are calcium-binding drugs that inhibit the bone-resorbing function of osteoclasts1. Nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates target farnesyl diphosphate synthase, an enzyme of the mevalonate pathway...
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Phosphonium Containing Hydrogels for Controlled Drug Delivery comments

by Elizabeth Gillies Tristan Harrison
Modern medicine relies on the efficient delivery of drugs to treat infections and diseases. Ideally, these drugs should be administered at the exact concentration needed, target the affected area only and not harm healthy cells or tissues...
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Externally-mediated pulsatile release from injectable, magnetic hydrogel nanocomposites comments

by Todd Hoare Scott Campbell
Smart , polymeric biomaterials that respond to specific stimuli have been extensively studied as potential therapeutic release agents in recent years...
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Concentric Layer 3D Printing Enhances Mechanical Performance of Nanocomposite Biomaterials comments

by Thomas Willett Haresh Patil
Critical Size Bone Defects CSBDs result from bone loss or damage greater than the self-healing capacity of the bone tissue itself...
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Modeling the mechanical behavior of mono- and multilayer electrospun structures for vascular graft applications comments

by Sophie Lerouge Matthieu Gauthier
Two problems arise when replacing a patient artery by a synthetic vascular graft VG . The first one is the absence of endothelial lining on the lumen side of the graft, related to the inappropriate surface properties and textures, which leads to VG thrombosis...
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