Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

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...

Dear CBS Members, The World Biomaterials Congress 2024 WBC2024 is soliciting recommendations for plenary speakers...

Over 900,000 bone-grafting procedures are performed each year in the USA 1 . Human bone allografts are used in the orthopaedic reconstruction of skeletal defects resulting from traumatic injuries, diseases and revision arthroplasty however, bone allografts have insufficient mechanical properties 2 and graft fracture is a documented clinical failure mode 3 ...

Wet age-related macular degeneration AMD is a disease of the posterior chamber of the eye and is the leading cause of vision loss in those 50 years of age and older, with approximately 500,000 people worldwide losing their vision annually...

Polymers prepared from trimethylene carbonate bearing a pendant methoxyethoxy side group exhibit a thermoresponsive nature and thus are potentially of interest as biomaterials...

Protein adsorption is an initial response to biomaterials and a precursor to thrombus formation and inflammation, which can result in significant challenges to device efficacy...

Metal by-products, including metal ions, released in greater amount from metal-on-metal MM hip implants than from metal-on-polyethylene implants are a cause for concern as they can compromise the functionality and survivorship of the implants due to adverse tissue reactions 1, 2 ...