Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

The Scientific Program Committee of WBC2024 are soliciting proposals for symposia at the upcoming World Congress in Daegu, Republic of Korea May 26 May 31, 2023 ...

The Fall 2022 edition of the CBS Newsletter has been released. You can access it here.

The 38th CBS annual meeting with be held at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Call for abstracts opens December 1st, 2022, and the Early Bird registration deadline is March 1st, 2023...

The Canadian Biomaterials Society is pleased to present The 2022-2023 CBS mentorship and Professional Development Program Join The 2nd Lab and the CBS-QC Student Chapter this Friday, October 7th, 2022 at 5 00 PM for a hybrid information session about this program...

Reconstruction of critically-sized segmental bone defects CSBDs - resulting from bone tumour resection and trauma, for example - is a significant clinical challenge...

The biomechanical and cartilaginous structure of spinal column in human body makes it strong to withstand the high level of mechanical loads...

Load bearing connective tissues, such as the intervertebral discs, are susceptible to both age-related degeneration and traumatic damage, but recovery is hindered by their avascular nature1...

Patients with chronic kidney disease usually have a higher level of protein carbamylation than healthy people, which is strongly associated with cardiac damage, congestive heart failure, and sudden cardiac death...

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...