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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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Engineering a Vascularised Encapsulation Device for the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes comments

by Corinne Hoesli Stephanie Fernandez
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder which causes the destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells...
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Immune Response to Vascularizing Subcutaneous Engineered Islet Grafts comments

by Krystal Ortaleza
The subcutaneous space has become a promising alternative to the peritoneal cavity or the omentum for islet transplantations...
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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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Synthesis and Characterization of OCP Obtained from DCPD for Bone Substitutes comments

by Sukyoung Kim
Calcium phosphates CaPs ceramics were used as a bone substitute for improving new bone formation due to the excellent biological affinity to hard tissues...
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Engineering personalized neural tissue using the novel functionalized transcription factor IASCL1 comments

by Stephanie Willerth
The transcription factor Ascl1 plays a key role in neural development and previous work by the Wernig group demonstrated that Ascl1 overexpression using viral vectors can reprogram fibroblasts directly in neurons through the process of cellular reprogramming ADDIN EN...
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