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QC-CBS Event: Women in Science Event this Friday! 0 comments

by Patricia Comeau
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...
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WBC2016 Legacy Travel Award Deadline Extended to March 2 0 comments

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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...
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Abstract Deadline Extended for CBS/CSPS/CC-CRS Conference 0 comments

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Dear members and friends of the Canadian Biomaterials Society, The abstract deadline has been extended to March 2nd, 2026 for the upcoming CBS CCPS cc-CRS 2026 meeting this June in Vancouver, BC...
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CBS 2026 Meeting News! 0 comments

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Dear friends , For this years annual meeting in beautiful Vancouver, BC June 2 - 5 2026 we are happy to partner with the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences CSPS and the Canadian Chapter of the Controlled Release Society cc-CRS ...
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What Biochemical Assays Can and Cannot Tell You About Biomaterials (AKA Lies That My Assays Told Me) comments

by Marianne Ariganello
In recent years, the development of multiplexing assays collecting multiple endpoints from one single sample has increased in a number of fields including toxicology and drug development ...
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A chitosan-based injectable hydrogel promotes tolerogenic dendritic cells under hyperglycemia comments

by Yi Zhu
Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease that afflicts 20-50 of the population worldwide 1 ...
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Prostaglandin E(2) Reverses Scar Tissue Production in Human Kidney Epithelial Cells: Implications for Biomaterial Implantation. comments

by Kim Jones Kimia Sorouri
Myofibroblasts have been implicated in scar tissue formation around biomaterials. When biomaterials are implanted as part of a tissue engineered construct, as a sensor, as a prosthetic or even as a drug delivery device, scar formation fibrosis around the biomaterial often interferes with the intended function...
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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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Regulating gingival and dermal fibroblast phenotype by nanometric and micrometric substratum topography comments

by Douglas Hamilton
Prevention of fibrosis around the transmucosal region of dental implants or surrounding percutaneous devices is key to maximize device longevity1...
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