Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

Dear CBS Members, This is a friendly reminder that the abstract deadline for CBS2025 is today Submit your abstracts here...

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...

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...

Happy Monday There are two upcoming events that may be of interest to CBS members and our local biomaterials community...

The monocyte-derived macrophage is one of the first cell types found on newly implanted devices and is known to play a role in inflammation, immunoregulation and wound healing depending on its functional phenotype...

Previous studies have shown that CoCrMo and chromium oxide wear particles from CoCrMo implants can induce interleukin-1 IL 1 release by macrophages and thereby contribute to the overall periprosthetic inflammatory response 1, 2 ...

Radioembolization therapy is a minimally invasive procedure that uses micron sized beta emitting Yttrium-90 Y-90 microspheres for the selective internal radiation therapy of hypervascular tumours...

Allergic conjunctivitis affects nearly 40 of the North American population 1 . Topical eye drops are the most common treatment method, but it is generally accepted that less than 5 of an applied dose remains bioavailable, resulting in frequent reapplication 2 , 3 ...

Mesenchymal stromal cell MSC therapy is a promising treatment to stimulate vascular regeneration in ischemic tissues...