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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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Contrast-enhanced biocompatible hydrogels for 3D-printed objects visualized in MRI comments

by Philippe Legros
Hydrogels are used in several applications of regenerative medicine e.g. post-surgery procedures, wound healing, tissue reconstruction ...
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In Situ-Gelling and Metal Complexing Starch Nanoparticle (SNP)-based Nanoparticle Network Hydrogel (NNH) for the Delivery or Scavenging of Heavy Metal Ions comments

by Andrew Lofts
Chelation therapy is an effective strategy to remove toxic metals from the blood such as mercury, lead, and arsenic as a response to poisoning...
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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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“On-Demand” Cell-loaded Nanofibrous Hydrogel Scaffolds via Direct Cell Reactive Electrospinning (CRE) comments

by Todd Hoare Fei XU
Hydrogels have been extensively studied as scaffolds for tissue engineering due to their cell compatibility and similar mechanical properties as native soft tissues...
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Effects of Sodium Ascorbate on the Deposition of Extracellular Matrix Proteins within Scaffolds, Generated by Human Adipose Derived Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and Monocytes comments

by Paul J Santerre Katya D'Costa
Pulmonary hypertension PH is a progressive disease defined by the unwanted stiffening and narrowing of arteries in the lungs, ultimately resulting in right heart failure and death...
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