Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

Dear CBS Members and Friends, Early bird registration has been extended to April 15th 2026 and may be completed using the attached link...

Dear CBS Members and Friends, The BC Student Chapter of the Canadian Biomaterials Society CBS is pleased to host a webinar this Friday, April 10th at 1pm PST...

Dear CBS Members and Friends, The Quebec City Student Chapter of the Canadian Biomaterials Society QC-CBS has organized the 3rd edition of their Women in Science Event for this Friday, March 27th from 9am to 1pm EST...

The deadline for the WBC2016 Legacy Travel Award has been extended to March 2, 2026, to match the abstract deadline extension for the CBS CSPS CC-CRS Conference...

Tendon and ligament reconstruction account for 30 billion per year in the USA alone1. Current gold standard is autograft-based, which limits supply and causes donor site morbidity...

Several adhesives found in nature perform in ways that synthetic adhesives do not yet match. For example, even though many aquatic organisms have adapted to adhere to surfaces in aqueous environments, it remains an engineering challenge to synthesize biocompatible adhesives that are effective in wet conditions...

Most of the mechanical solicitations within the human body are stress driven. As an example, vascular biomaterials are submitted to an average blood pressure of 100 mmHg...

An ideal matrix or cell living environment is generally expected to have an appropriate morphology, mechanical properties, and biological compatibility...

Hydrogels are good candidates for use as biomaterials, with general characteristics that make them amenable to the internal biological environment...