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2021 Conference - Early Bird Registration Extended 0 comments

by Thomas Willett
Dear Members and Friends of the Canadian Biomaterials Society, We have extended the Early Bird Registration period...
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CBS2021 - Abstract Acceptance Notifications & the End of Early Bird Registration 0 comments

by Thomas Willett
Dear Members and Friends of the Canadian Biomaterials Society, Abstract acceptance notifications were distributed by email today...
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2021 Annual Conference - New Award Announcement 0 comments

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...
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2021 Annual Conference - Second Call For Abstracts 0 comments

by Thomas Willett
Dear members and friends of the Canadian Biomaterials Society, The 36th Annual General Meeting will be held from May 13th to May 15th on Hopin, a virtual conference platform...
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Tissue-specific Microcarriers for Adipose-derived Stem Cell Expansion and Delivery comments

by Lauren Flynn Claire Yu
Adipose-derived stem cells ASCs are an accessible and uniquely expendable regenerative cell source derived from human fat with great potential for tissue engineering...
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Sol-gel-derived hydroxyapatite coating of porous calcium polyphosphate enhances mechanical integration of tissue-engineered cartilage comments

by Robert Pilliar David Lee
Articular cartilage has a limited capacity for regeneration. Tissue engineering aims to generate functional cartilage tissue to replace the damaged tissue...
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A novel reprogramming method for neural tissue regeneration comments

by Stephanie Willerth Meghan Robinson
The transcription factor Ascl1 plays a key role in neural development. Recently Ascl1 was identified as a pioneer factor capable of reprogramming other cell types of the central nervous system into neurons using viral mediated overexpression1...
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Immunomodulatory hydrogel microspheres as a sustained release system for angiogenic growth factors comments

by Eric Tawagi
Revascularization approaches that involve delivering growth factors with short half-lives minutes over periods of weeks in order to regenerate micro vessels have been identified as promising strategies to address disorders related to compromised tissue perfusion...
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Single-step loading of cells into nanofibrous hydrogel scaffolds via reactive electrospinning comments

by Todd Hoare Fei XU
Hydrogels have attracted significant interest in the context of tissue engineering due to their generally high cell compatibility and similar physical properties to native soft tissues...
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