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WBC2024 Plenary Speaker Recommendation Closes October 4 0 comments

by Amanda Clifford
Dear CBS Members, The World Biomaterials Congress 2024 WBC2024 is soliciting recommendations for plenary speakers...
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BioInnovation Institute & Science Prize for Innovation 0 comments

by Amanda Clifford
Through the BioInnovation Institute Science Prize for Innovation, the editors of Science seek to recognize bold researchers who are asking fundamental questions at the intersection of the life sciences and entrepreneurship...
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Call for Applications: CBS Mentorship And Professional Development Program 0 comments

by Amanda Clifford
We are pleased to open the call for applications for the CBS Mentorship and Professional Development, a program specifically designed to connect professionals outside of academia with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows coming from the Canadian biomaterial s community...
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14th Intl Symposium on Biodegradable Metals for Biomedical Applications 0 comments

by Neda Latifi
14th Intl Symposium on Biodegradable Metals for Applications on behalf of Professor Mantovani and the Quebec City Student Chapter Want to discover the next generation of bioresorbable metals aiming to bridge the gap between biomaterials and tissue engineering for pediatric, dental, orthopedic, vascular, cardiac, neurological applications, and more? The final program of the upcoming 14th Intl Symposium on Biodegradable Metals for Biomedical Applications is now online...
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Injectable Anisotropic Hydrogels comments

by Todd Hoare Kevin De France
While injectable hydrogels have several advantages in the context of experimental medicine and tissue engineering, their relatively weak mechanical properties and isotropic network structure often limit their practical applications or translation to clinical use...
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HIF-1α Expression and Oxidative Damage in RAW264.7 Murine Macrophages Exposed to Cobalt and Chromium Ions comments

by Zeina Salloum
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 ...
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An off-the-shelf multi-well scaffold-supported platform for tumour organoid-based tissues comments

by Alison McGuigan Nancy Li
Cancer is a family of complex diseases characterized by heterogeneous and dynamic alterations to the genome 1 , 2 ...
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Flexible and highly interconnected, multi-scale patterned chitosan porous membrane produced in situ from mussel shell to accelerate wound healing comments

by Mengqiu (Malcolm) Xing Gurankit Singh
We report a mussel shell-derived membrane with a multiscale ordered structure for wound dressing. As an ideal biologically derived dressing, it should be non-toxic and non-allergenic with an appropriate pore size to remove excess exudates...
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Polyelectrolyte Complex Beads of Chitosan-Sodium Polyphosphate for Treatment of Osteomyelitis comments

by Mark Filiaggi Sajjad Fanaee
Osteomyelitis OM is an inflammation in the bone caused by a bacterial infection that leads to bone destruction osteolysis 1 ...
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