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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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A Novel Nanosilver/Nanosilica Hydrogel for Bone Regeneration in Infected Bone Defects comments

by Mengqiu (Malcolm) Xing Xingying Zhang
The treatment of bone defects has the risk of infection and further treatment may be required when infection is already present...
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MUSSEL-INSPIRED ALGINATE GEL PROMOTING THE OSTEOGENIC DIFFERENTIATION OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS AND ANTI-INFECTION comments

by Rene Mbeleck
Cell encapsulation demonstrates a very high potential for future tissue engineering applications, since Chang proposed the concept of artificial microencapsulation in 1964 1 ...
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What Biochemical Assays Can and Cannot Tell You About Biomaterials (AKA Lies That My Assays Told Me) comments

by Marianne Ariganello
In recent years, the development of multiplexing assays collecting multiple endpoints from one single sample has increased in a number of fields including toxicology and drug development ...
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Development of an anti-thrombotic and anti-inflammatory coating for medical devices comments

by Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu Kevin Gonzalez
There are several blood contacting medical devices that are widely used in medicine to enhance the quality of care...
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Modelling cystic fibrosis chronic infection over an engineered mucus-like hydrogel comments

by Brendan Leung Courtney O'Brien
The protective mucus layer that lines the airways is responsible for trapping pathogens and clearing them through mucociliary clearance...
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