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 ...

Polymer coatings or bulk materials modified with photo-responsive molecules whose properties change in response to different wavelengths of light could enable shifts in cell-material interactions1 at device interfaces after implantation...

Patients with chronic kidney disease usually have a higher level of protein carbamylation than healthy people, which is strongly associated with cardiac damage, congestive heart failure, and sudden cardiac death...

Hydrogels have wide applications in tissue engineering and bioelectronics. In spite of widespread applications of functional hydrogels with superior conductive or magnetic responsive performances, there are still some limitations caused by insufficient flexibility, resilience and responsive sensitivity in some fields, such as highly flexible electronics, organic pressure sensitive sensors, and responsive actuators...

Vascular tissue engineering seeks to produce biologically and mechanically responsive vascular substitutes using cells, scaffolds and bioreactors, to address the shortcomings of current vascular interventions such as coronary artery bypass grafts and to create pre-clinical testing platforms to study vascular pathologies...

Hydrogels have attracted significant interest in the context of tissue engineering due to their generally high cell compatibility and similar physical properties to native soft tissues...