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by Patricia Comeau
Dear CBS Members Colleagues, We are excited to share that four of our Eastern Canada student chapters have organized a 2025 Canadian Biomaterials Society Eastern Canada Student Research Day ...
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Chitosan-based hydrogels supplemented with gelatin and Link N for intervertebral disc repair comments

by Sophie Lerouge Atma Adoungotchodo
Intervertebral disc IVD degeneration is one of the major cause of low back pain, the most prevalent debilitating disease which affects approximately 20 of worldwide population...
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Clinically relevant concentration of cobalt can trigger the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines by synovial fibroblasts comments

by Felipe Eltit
Adverse local tissue reactions to hip implants ALTRs are characterized by chronic inflammation, fibrosis and necrosis of the joints soft tissues, generating pain, swelling, increasing the risk of dislocation and failure of the reconstructive surgeries, thus reducing mobility with the subsequent detriment on the quality of life of patients 1 ...
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Preparation and characterization of a co-electrospun nanofibrous gelatin/polyurethane composite scaffold for cardiac tissue engineering comments

by Paul J Santerre Yizhou Chen
Electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds are suitable for tissue engineering as their fibrous structure resembles nano micro fibre-like features of native extracellular matrix ECM , which facilitates cell attachment, growth and proliferation 1 ...
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UNRAVELING THE RELATIONSHIP BEWTEEN POLYPLEX DIMENSIONS AND TRANSFECTION EFFECTIVENESS comments

by Gabriele Candiani
Although linear and branched polyethylenimines lPEI and bPEI are considered the gold standard polymeric gene carriers 1 , some conflicting results on their performance have been reported...
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An Investigation of Breast Cancer Metastasis to Bone in a 3D Dense Collagen Hydrogel Culture comments

by Showan N. Nazhat Mark Sven Jà¤mes-Bhasin
Breast cancer metastasis to bone is associated with poor patient prognosis as current non-specific therapeutics are administered systemically with deleterious side effects...
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