Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

Now that the 2012 World Biomaterials Congress is complete, the website for the 2016 World Biomaterials Congress in Montreal has been launched Visit the website here to get an early look at the plans in 2016 - we will also keep you updated here on the CBS site.

The winners of CBS travel awards for the 9th World Biomaterials Congress in Chengdu, China have been announced...

New this year is the CBS Visiting Scholar award, supporting exchanges of Ph.D. students working in biomaterials research between different labs...

New or renewing CBS members will receive discounted registration for WBC 2012. Sign up today as a new member or log into the website and click on the Profile link top left to renew your membership

Alternatives to existing implantable materials ex. metals or autologous grafts for bone tissue repair and regeneration are needed to improve patient outcomes and avoid the complications caused by issues such as stress shielding and donor site morbidity 1 ...

Bringing drugs capable of treating neurological diseases and disorders to market requires large amounts of both time and money...

The inflammatory response to blood-contacting biomaterials underlies many complications in clinical circulatory support...

Responsive surfaces can be created by coating or directly modifying materials with switchable molecules to optimize the properties at the surface for modulating cell behaviour and protein adsorption1...

Hydrogels have been extensively studied as scaffolds for tissue engineering due to their cell compatibility and similar mechanical properties as native soft tissues...