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The 2022 Biomaterials Challenge 0 comments

by Neda Latifi
The Ottawa Student Chapter is pleased to present The 2022 Biomaterials Challenge We challenge graduate and undergraduate students in Ontario to compete on explaining How to select a biomaterial? and What is biocompatibility? to 7th-grade students in a 3-minute recorded video or an infographic Deadline to submit March 10th, 2022
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2022 Conference Update 0 comments

by Larry D. Unsworth
Dear Colleagues Breaking News Joining Prof. Jennifer Elisseeff Johns Hopkins is both Prof. W. Wagner AND Prof...
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2022 Conference Update 0 comments

by Larry D. Unsworth
Dear Colleagues Breaking News We are so excited that Prof. Jennifer Elisseeff Johns Hopkins has accepted our invitation to be a Plenary Speaker for the upcoming 2022 CBS Conference in Banff Prof...
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CBS Mentorship and Professional Development Program 0 comments

by Neda Latifi
Why register in the CBS mentorship and professional development program? A PhD for what and then what? This is a question I asked myself during my PhD and my two postdocs...
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Surface modification of lung assist device by co-modification with antithrombin-heparin (ATH) and tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) comments

by Kyla Sask Siyuan Li
Recently, microfabrication technologies have been used for the development of blood oxygenators to treat neonates with respiratory distress and to overcome the limitations of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ECMO and mechanical ventilation1,2...
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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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Protocol Development for Direct Cellular Reprogramming of Reactive Astrocytes to Neurons Using Modified Neurogenin2, VPA and TNF-α comments

by Ian Fraser
Direct cellular reprogramming is the practice of converting a cell type into another without first converting them into stem cells...
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Protocol Development for Direct Cellular Reprogramming of Reactive Astrocytes to Neurons Using Modified Neurogenin2, VPA and TNF-α comments

by Ian Fraser
Direct cellular reprogramming is the practice of converting a cell type into another without first converting them into stem cells...
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Biohybrid Triblock Copolymer Hydrogels for Cell Delivery comments

by Amanda Brissenden
The intervertebral discs of the spine are susceptible to both age-related degeneration and traumatic damage, and recovery is hindered by their avascular nature1...
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