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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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Investigating the response of human dermal and gingival fibroblasts to changes in substratum compliance: Implications for soft tissue biomaterials development. comments

by Sarah Brooks
Development of biomaterials for regeneration of soft tissues still faces critical challenges related to control of cell phenotype and the prevention of contraction scar tissue formation upon implantation...
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Homo and Copolymerization Kinetics of Trimethylene Carbonate Bearing a Methoxyethoxy Side Group comments

by Fei Chen
Polymers prepared from trimethylene carbonate bearing a pendant methoxyethoxy side group exhibit a thermoresponsive nature and thus are potentially of interest as biomaterials...
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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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Granular hydrogel matrices with tunable plastic deformation behaviours for tissue engineering comments

by Christopher Moraes James Reeves
Growing an organoid in a 3D culture requires careful control over the chemical and mechanical signals presented to cells via careful selection of media formulations and extracellular matrix ECM materials...
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Liquid-infused microstructured bioadhesives halt non-compressible hemorrhage comments

by Jianyu Li
Uncontrolled hemorrhage accounts for more than 30 of trauma deaths. Despite tremendous research efforts, critical challenges remain for treating non-compressible and deep-narrow hemorrhages, which present rapid pressurized blood flows from wound sites...
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