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CBS 2023: Registration is Open! 0 comments

20 Feb 2023 by Amanda Clifford

Dear Members, Reistration for CBS 2023 at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS is officially open You can register here...

One Week Left to Submit Late Breaking Abstracts! 2023 TERMIS-AM Annual Conference 0 comments

9 Feb 2023 by Amanda Clifford

Dear CBS Members, There is only one week left to submit late breaking abstracts for the annual TERMIS-AM conference this April in Boston You can submit your abstracts here...

WBC 2016 Legacy Travel Award Deadline Extension 0 comments

30 Jan 2023 by Amanda Clifford

The deadline for to apply for a WBC 2016 Lecacy Travel Award has been extended to Wednesday, March 1st, 2023...

Request for Proposals to Host WBC 2028 0 comments

19 Jan 2023 by Amanda Clifford

Dear Members, The IUSBSE has issued a call for proposals to host the World Biomaterials Congress WBC in May 2028...

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A 3D Bioprinted Hydrogel Mesh Loaded with All-Trans Retinoic Acid for Treatment of Glioblastoma comments

9 Feb 2018 by Mohsen Akbari Bahram Mirani

Glioblastoma comprises more than 50 of all gliomas which is the most frequent type of brain tumor. 1 Current treatment strategies for this cancer includes surgical resection, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy...

Soluble factors from alginate embedded chondrocytes chondrogenically differentiated alginate encapsulated adult stem cells comments

22 Feb 2022 by Adetola ADESIDA Malou Sopcak

The inability of cartilage tissue to self-repair has been well established and is attributed to its inherent avascularity...

Promoting Localized Immunosuppression in Organ Transplantation through Polymer-Mediated Cell Surface Engineering comments

8 Feb 2018 by Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu Erika Siren

Recent advances in the preservation of donor organs have greatly improved the success rate of transplantation surgery...

Drug-eluting biodegradable porous iron for bone scaffolds comments

15 Mar 2015 by Hendra Hermawan

Bone metastases have been treated by several methods including surgery and chemotherapy. One treatment by surgery involves removal of cancerous bone and implantation of a scaffold or graft to fill the void and to allow new bone formation...

Genetically modified endothelial cells by nonviral (polymeric) vectors: An effective approach to enhance the osteogenic potential of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. comments

13 Feb 2015 by Hasan Uludag

Genetically tailored human mesenchymal stem cells MSC are studied extensively to develop cell-based therapies for bone defects...

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