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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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Electrochemical Corrosion Study on Novel Biodegradable Metals for Ureteral Stent Applications comments

by Sébastien Champagne
Ureteral stents are extensively used in patients with obstructive urologic disorder to maintain a ureteral opening thus optimizing the flow of urine1...
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Modulation of host-pathogen interaction in an engineered mucus microenvironment comments

by Brendan Leung Andy Huang
The human mucus layer plays an important role in host defense. In areas such as the airway and gastrointestinal GI tract, the mucus lining acts as a physical barrier to pathogens while providing a microenvironment for commensal bacteria 1 ...
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Nanostructured Biosensor for Detecting Tear Glucose comments

by Jin Zhang Longyi Chen
In past decades, different research groups found a relationship between tear glucose and blood glucose, concluding that hyperglycemia could be detected by measuring tear glucose concentrations 1-3 ...
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New Instrument for Real-Time Monitoring of Viscoelasticity of Hydrogels comments

by Sophie Lerouge Caroline Ceccaldi
The development of biomaterials and engineered tissues are reshaping the future of medicine. Soft and injectable materials are increasingly used to treat pathologies, release drugs and or seed cells for tissue engineering...
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Nano-spray therapy for treating heart attacks comments

by Emilio Alarcon Marcelo Munoz
We present a nano-spray therapy for on-the spot-repair of a heart attack. Our sprayable therapy uses nano-engineered peptide-based materials, where nanomolar concentrations of surface engineered spherical nanogold are used to coat the surface of the cardiac muscle...
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