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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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Strength and Biocompatibility of Polycaprolactone-Borophosphosilicate Hybrid Biomaterials for Bone Tissue Engineering comments

by Kibret Mequanint Dibakar Mondal
Biomaterials designed for bone tissue engineering must be biocompatible and biodegradable and must promote bone cell attachment, proliferation, and migration such that the damaged tissue is repaired or replaced with the newly regenerated bone over time...
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Electrically Conductive GelMA-Bioglass Biomaterials for Bone Repair and Regeneration comments

by Kibret Mequanint Rebeca Arambula Maldonado
Significant bone loss due to internal or external factors remains a large orthopedic challenge. Current interventions use either autograft or allograft sources that carry a significant complication burden and show limited functional recovery, emphasizing the demand for an alternative therapeutic solution...
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Mucoadhesive Polymeric Micelles for Enhanced Ocular Drug Delivery comments

by Karim Soliman
Drugs administered via topical eye drops suffer from low ocular bioavailability 5 due to anatomical and physiological barriers of the eye...
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Evaluation of a tissue engineered nerve conduit for peripheral nerve regeneration of a rat sciatic nerve defect comments

by Alexane Thibodeau
Even with all recent technologies, peripheral nerve transections are still a challenge for surgeon. Nerve defect can lead to severe loss of sensibility and motor functions with significant impact on patient s quality of life...
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Externally-mediated pulsatile release from injectable, magnetic hydrogel nanocomposites comments

by Todd Hoare Scott Campbell
Smart , polymeric biomaterials that respond to specific stimuli have been extensively studied as potential therapeutic release agents in recent years...
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