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CBS 2023: Abstract Submission Open 0 comments

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...
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WBC 2024 Symposia Proposal Submission Deadline Extended 0 comments

by Amanda Clifford
Dear Members, The symposia proposal submission deadline for WBC 2024 has been extended to January 30, 2023...
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Call for Papers: Exploration of Biomat-X 0 comments

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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Membership Fee Increase 0 comments

by Amanda Clifford
Please note that the CBS Board of Directors has approved an increase in membership fees, effective immediately...
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Patterned and Photo-cross-linked Fibrous Scaffold Via Melt Electro-Writing comments

by Fei Chen
Melt electro-writing MEW enables the design and fabrication of micrometer-thin fibrous scaffolds with controllable architectures and patterns...
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An Investigation of Breast Cancer Metastasis to Bone in a 3D Dense Collagen Hydrogel Culture comments

by Showan N. Nazhat Mark Sven Jà¤mes-Bhasin
Breast cancer metastasis to bone is associated with poor patient prognosis as current non-specific therapeutics are administered systemically with deleterious side effects...
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Advanced Electron Microscopy Characterization of Metal-on-Polyethylene Total Hip Replacement Retrievals comments

by Kathryn Grandfield Vicky Vuong
First introduced over a century ago, total hip arthroplasty THA is a refined surgical intervention that allows for the recovery of function in a patient s debilitated hip joint for up to 10 to 15 years 1 , 2 ...
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Localized Delivery of Exogenous C-type Natriuretic Peptide from Heparin-Coated NPs – Potential Use in Suppressing Fibrotic Phenotypes in Cardiac Myofibrogenesis comments

by Paul J Santerre Shirley Chung
In a healthy heart, cells naturally secrete C-type natriuretic peptide CNP , an anti-fibrotic cytokine that has strong effects on cardiac fibroblast function, fibrosis, and extracellular matrix deposition...
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Differentiation of Mononuclear Cells From Cord Blood in Endothelial Cells Forming Colony Onto Bioactive Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Film for In Situ Endothelialization comments

by Caroline Royer
Cardiovascular diseases are one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. When the replacement of diseased arteries is needed, vascular surgeons often have no choice but to use synthetic arterial prostheses made either of poly ethylene terephthalate PET or Dacron or expanded tetrafluoroethylene ePTFE or Teflon ...
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