CBS-ASC Biomaterials Panel Discussion against COVID-19
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by Zhenwei Ma
The CBS-ASC would like to invite you to our first CBS-ASC Biomaterials Panel Discussion against COVID-19 that will be held on Thursday, May 6, 2021, at 11 am MDT via zoom...
2021 Annual Conference - New Award Announcement
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by Thomas Willett
Dear members and friends of the Canadian Biomaterials Society, Announcing the CBS2021 Best Overall Presentation Award, sponsored by the Elsevier journal Biomaterials...
Polylactic acid PLA is a biodegradable aliphatic polyester, which is widely used in the pharmaceutical and biomedical sectors on account of its biocompatibility and good mechanical properties...
Vascular tissue engineering seeks to produce biologically and mechanically responsive vascular substitutes using cells, scaffolds and bioreactors, to address the shortcomings of current vascular interventions such as coronary artery bypass grafts and to create pre-clinical testing platforms to study vascular pathologies...
Tracheal injury, stenosis, and malignancy demand surgical management and repair. While end-to-end anastomosis can treat smaller lesions, it is limited for larger lesions as those greater than half the length of an adult trachea and a third of the length of a pediatric trachea cannot be safely resected1...
Tendon and ligament reconstruction account for 30 billion per year in the USA alone1. Current gold standard is autograft-based, which limits supply and causes donor site morbidity...
