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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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Development of a Novel Method for the Strengthening and Toughening of Irradiation-Sterilized Bone Allografts used in Orthopaedic Reconstructions comments

by Thomas Willett Tarik Attia
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 ...
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Effect of Electrical Stimulation through a Soft Polypyrrole Membrane on the Behaviors of Human Skin Keratinocytes comments

by Ze Zhang Shujun Cui
Keratinocytes as the principal skin cell type play a major role in wound closure 1. And electrical stimulation ES has been found effective in promoting wound healing 2...
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Robotic dispensing of cell-loaded spider silk hydrogels comments

by Jurgen Groll Tomasz Juengst
Additive manufacturing AM is a rapidly growing field and has generated diverse techniques to produce three-dimensional 3D constructs...
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Delivery of Protein-Based Therapies Targeting the Regeneration and Repair of Cardiac Tissues comments

by Paul J Santerre Shirley Chung
Leading edge regenerative therapies targeting heart failure have utilized the delivery of cardiac progenitor cells to improve heart function...
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Incorporation of High Concentrations of Titanium in Bioactive Glasses for Bone Regeneration Application comments

by Marta Cerruti Chisokwuo Akunna
Bioactive glasses BGs are glasses with networks in either the silicate, borate, or phosphate systems, that form hydroxyl carbonate apatite HCA on the surface when introduced into a physiological environment...
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