Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

Dear members of the CBS, We need your help to reshape the CBS logo. All details of the contest are indicated in our Fall2018 Newsletter...

I am pleased to inform you that Dr. Mohsen Akbari, Isabelle Catelas, Milica Radisic and Tom Willett have been elected as Senior Board Members and Laura McKiel as Student Board Member...

The Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Biomaterials Society will be held on May 17, 2018, 12 00 1 00 PM PST in the Michele Pujol Room at the Student Union Building SUB at the University of Victoria...

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...

Bacteria and virus can spread through contaminated surfaces and fomites. The recent outbreak of coronavirus and nosocomial infection give great burden to the healthcare system...

Cell therapy is increasingly used to treat various diseases such myocardial infarction. This therapeutic approach is limited however by the poor retention and diminished survival of transplanted cells in the ischemic, inflammatory and oxidative infarct microenvironment...

Hydrogels are common materials in the ophthalmic biomaterial industry. Interaction of the surface with the surrounding bio-environment influences the performance of any given type of hydrogel...

Adipose tissue has a limited capacity for repair following trauma, disease, or post-oncologic surgical resection...

Cardiac tissue engineering has emerged as an intriguing course to mitigate the detrimental effects of cardiovascular disease...