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Save the Date for CBS2025! 0 comments

by Lindsay Fitzpatrick
Join us in Kingston, Ontario for the 39th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Biomaterials Society Dates May 21-23, 2025 Location Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario Stay tuned for more information...
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Board of Directors for 2024 - 2025 0 comments

by Isabelle Catelas
Dear CBS members, It is my pleasure to announce the new Board of Directors of the CBS for 2024 - 2025...
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AGM 2024 Details 0 comments

by Todd Hoare
Dear friends - here are the final details for the upcoming hybrid CBS Annual General Meeting In-person May 29, 2024, 8 30 AM KST in room 504 of EXCO Center Online May 28, 2024, 7 30 PM EDT at Zoom link https mcgill...
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2023 AGM minutes for review 0 comments

by Todd Hoare
The 2023 CBS Annual General Meeting minutes to be approved at the 2024 AGM are posted on the members-only meeting page https biomaterials...
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Comparison of loading methods of an antimicrobial agent in electrospun PLGA fibers comments

by Emily Buck
Electrospinning is a simple fabrication technique used to create fibrous scaffolds with properties such as high surface area-to-volume ratio and porosity that make them applicable for wound dressings1...
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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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Development of an Injectable and Thermosensitive Chitosan Hydrogel for the Prevention of Post-surgical Abdominal Adhesions comments

by Eve Hui
Post-operative peritoneal adhesions are a burden on public health. Their incidence reaches 67 to 93 and 97 after abdominal and gynecologic surgeries respectively 1-2 ...
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Nano-spray therapy for treating heart attacks comments

by Emilio Alarcon Marcelo Munoz
We present a nano-spray therapy for on-the spot-repair of a heart attack. Our sprayable therapy uses nano-engineered peptide-based materials, where nanomolar concentrations of surface engineered spherical nanogold are used to coat the surface of the cardiac muscle...
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FXIIIa-Crosslinkable Synthetic Macromers Improve Stiffness and Adhesion of Hemophilia B Blood Clots under Fibrinolytic Conditions comments

by Christian Kastrup Karen Chan
Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder that affects roughly 1 in 5000 live births. A form of this disease, hemophilia B, is caused by deficiencies of the clotting protein, factor IX FIX , which is part of the coagulation cascade that, when activated by vascular injury, generates fibrin and its crosslinker, factor XIIIa FXIIIa ...
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