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A special CBS2025 opportunity for ECR faculty members! 0 comments

by Lindsay Fitzpatrick
Calling all ECR Faculty Members for Keynote Presentation Opportunities Dear CBS Members, A feature of CBS2025 will be presentations from current Early Career Researcher ECR faculty member highlighting their expertise and new research...
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CBS2025 Final Abstract Submission Deadline Extension 0 comments

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CBS2025 abstract submission deadline is extended until February 7th We know it is a busy time of year and so we are happy to announce that the CBS 2025 abstract submission deadline for the 39th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Biomaterial Society has been extended until February 7th, 2025 please note that this will be the last extension The CBS2025 Organizing Committee invites you to submit your abstracts related to biomaterials research through the Oxford Abstracts submission portal...
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January 20th 2025 CBS Update - Upcoming Events 0 comments

by Patricia Comeau
Happy Monday There are two upcoming events that may be of interest to CBS members and our local biomaterials community...
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Abstract Deadline Extended to January 30th! 0 comments

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Abstract deadline extended We are happy to announce that the CBS 2025 abstract submission deadline for the 39th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Biomaterial Society has been extended until January 30th, 2025 The CBS2025 Organizing Committee invites you to submit your abstracts related to biomaterials research through the Oxford Abstracts submission portal...
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Microchannel emulsification for mesenchymal stromal cell microencapsulation in chitosan microbeads for cell therapy comments

by Sophie Lerouge Francesco Touani Kameni
Mesenchymal stromal cell MSC therapy is a promising treatment for various diseases, thanks to their pro-angiogenic and immuno-modulatory functions...
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Injectable Macroporous Hydrogels using Perfluorcarbon Emulsions as Porogens comments

by Todd Hoare Samaneh Toufanian
Injectable hydrogels that can be delivered using needles offer particular advantages in biomedical applications given that these hydrogels do not require invasive surgical implantation, thereby reducing recovery time for patients, reducing costs, and in many cases enabling direct encapsulation, rather than post-encapsulation, of cells during the gel formation process 1 ...
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REACTIVE ION PLASMA MODIFICATION OF POLY(VINYL ALCOHOL) comments

by Patrick Jurney
Synthetic graft biomaterials have been explored as alternatives to autologous grafts with considerable success in large- 8 mm and medium-diameter arteries 6-8 mm ...
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Fibroblast Contact Guidance on Sub-Micron Groove Topographies is Dependent on Tissue of Origin comments

by Douglas Hamilton Sarah Brooks
Human gingival fibroblasts exhibit many differences compared to their dermal counterparts including embryonic origin, distinctive gene and extracellular matrix expression, whichmanifests at a tissue level in a reduced propensity for scarring compared to dermis 1 ...
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Contrast-enhanced biocompatible hydrogels for 3D-printed objects visualized in MRI comments

by Philippe Legros
Hydrogels are used in several applications of regenerative medicine e.g. post-surgery procedures, wound healing, tissue reconstruction ...
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