Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

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 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...

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...

In recent years, zinc and its alloys have attracted the attention of the scientific community as a biomaterial with high potential for implant fabrication...

Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 BMP bioimplants can be used to promote bone repair and fusion. Adverse effects reported with the use of BMP are attributed the use of an acellular collagen sponge ACS as the carrier for the BMP...

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...

We present a nano-spray therapy for on-the spot-repair of a heart attack. Our sprayable therapy uses nano-engineered peptide-based materials, where nanomolar concentrations of surface engineered spherical nanogold are used to coat the surface of the cardiac muscle...

Diabetic patients suffer from frequent formation of sores on the foot, called diabetic ulcers DU , that are struggling to heal and subject to frequent infections that may require amputation of the lower legs...