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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...

CBS 2023: Abstract Submission Open 0 comments

17 Jan 2023 by Amanda Clifford

Dear Members, Abstract submission is open for CBS 2023 at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS. Please submit your abstract on the conference website www...

WBC 2024 Symposia Proposal Submission Deadline Extended 0 comments

17 Jan 2023 by Amanda Clifford

Dear Members, The symposia proposal submission deadline for WBC 2024 has been extended to January 30, 2023...

Call for Papers: Exploration of Biomat-X 0 comments

5 Dec 2022 by Amanda Clifford

The Editorial Board of Exploration of Biomat-X EBMX is excited to invite Canadian Biomaterials Society members to submit your next original contribution to the inaugural edition of this journal...

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Thermo-Responsive Antibiotic-Eluting Coatings for Treating Infection near Orthopedic Implants comments

22 Feb 2022 by Elizabeth Gillies Jan Kwan

Orthopaedic surgical site infections affect over 100,000 people each year in North America1-2, with annual costs of over 10B and have been a major cause of surgical revision in total joint replacements1-2...

Development of Ester-free vinyl Monomers for Dental Restorative Applications: Physical and Biological Characterization comments

24 Jan 2022 by Zach Gouveia

Current dental resin restorations experience enzymatic degradation and lack the durability of amalgam restorations, thereby limiting their lifetime in vivoADDIN CSL CITATION citationItems id ITEM-1 , itemData DOI 10...

Antibacterial pH-sensitive phosphonium coatings comments

8 Mar 2022 by Elizabeth Gillies Monica Vasquez Peña

Joint replacement provides pain relief and restores joint function to patients suffering from problems - namely arthritis...

Effect of calcium incubation versus mineralization in polyplex transfection efficiency of MC3T3 E-1 mouse osteoblasts comments

25 Feb 2021 by Hasan Uludag

Mineralization is a widely used technique to coat materials with calcium phosphate or calcium carbonate layers for cell delivery applications...

Capsaicin Mediated PLGA-Induced Inflammatory Response from RAW 264.7 Macrophage Cells comments

11 Feb 2015 by Kim Jones Tich Truong

We have used a biomaterial to release anti-inflammatory compounds to improve the biocompatibility of implanted devices...

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