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Webinar by CBS-ASC: Diversify Your Career Options Outside of Academia 0 comments

by Neda Latifi
CBS-ASC would like to invite you to the first webinar of 2022 that will be held on Thursday, March 3rd, 2022, at 4 pm MST via ZOOM on the topic titled Diversify your career options outside of academia ...
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The 37th CBS Annual Meeting in Banff 0 comments

by Neda Latifi
The Canadian Biomaterials Society CBS will be hosting the 37th Annual Meeting in Banff, Alberta in a hybrid format from Wed...
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CBS Logo Poll - Vote by Fri. Feb. 18th 0 comments

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We would like to obtain feedback from our members regarding possible new logo designs. Please vote for your preferred option through the CBS Logo Poll at this location https biomaterials...
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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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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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Implementing RNAi Therapy Targeting FLT3-ITD Mutation in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) comments

by Hasan Uludag Aysha Ansari
Acute myeloid leukemia AML is a highly heterogeneous disease with considerable diversity in molecular pathogenesis and clinical outcomes...
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Microfluidic Generation of Core Shell Multicellular Cancer Spheroids comments

by Albert Gevorkian
It is currently established that two-dimensional 2D cancer cell culture fails to recapitulate the essential features of in vivo tumor growth...
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Localized Delivery of Exogenous C-type Natriuretic Peptide from Heparin-Coated NPs – Potential Use in Suppressing Fibrotic Phenotypes in Cardiac Myofibrogenesis comments

by Paul J Santerre Shirley Chung
In a healthy heart, cells naturally secrete C-type natriuretic peptide CNP , an anti-fibrotic cytokine that has strong effects on cardiac fibroblast function, fibrosis, and extracellular matrix deposition...
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Partial or Complete Enzymatic Digestion of Glycosaminoglycans Does Not Affect Porcine Aortic Wall Properties Measured from Biaxial Testing comments

by Dayna Zunder
According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally, and refer to conditions that affect heart structure and function, and blood vessels1...
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