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Abstract Deadline Extended for CBS/CSPS/CC-CRS Conference 0 comments

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Dear members and friends of the Canadian Biomaterials Society, The abstract deadline has been extended to March 2nd, 2026 for the upcoming CBS CCPS cc-CRS 2026 meeting this June in Vancouver, BC...
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Dear friends , For this years annual meeting in beautiful Vancouver, BC June 2 - 5 2026 we are happy to partner with the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences CSPS and the Canadian Chapter of the Controlled Release Society cc-CRS ...
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Call for Abstracts for CBS/CSPS/cc-CRS Conference is now open! 0 comments

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Call for Abstracts is OPEN The Canadian Biomaterials Society CBS , the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences CSPS , and the Controlled Release Society cc-CRS are joining forces to host a landmark joint conference at UBC Vancouver...
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Save the Date for CBS2026! June 2–5, 2026 0 comments

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Overview The Canadian Biomaterials Society CBS , the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences CSPS , and the Controlled Release Society cc-CRS are joining forces to host a landmark joint conference at UBC Vancouver...
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Local Delivery of Chondroitinase ABC Promotes Neuronal Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Neural Grafts in a Spinal Cord Injury Model comments

by Molly Shoichet
Functional recovery following spinal cord injury SCI is limited due to a cascade of cellular and biomolecular events, termed secondary injury, that lead to cell loss and the expression of growth inhibitory molecules...
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Differentiation of Mononuclear Cells From Cord Blood in Endothelial Cells Forming Colony Onto Bioactive Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Film for In Situ Endothelialization comments

by Caroline Royer
Cardiovascular diseases are one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. When the replacement of diseased arteries is needed, vascular surgeons often have no choice but to use synthetic arterial prostheses made either of poly ethylene terephthalate PET or Dacron or expanded tetrafluoroethylene ePTFE or Teflon ...
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Hybrid crosslinking of gelatin methacrylate hydrogel with highly tunable stiffness and degradation comments

by Evelyn Yim Muhammad Rizwan
Naturally-bioactive hydrogels, such as gelatin methacrylate GelMA , provide favorable properties for tissue-engineering applications, but lack strength and require complex fabrication or multi-component additives, to improve material strength, which can compromise other properties...
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Preparation of biocompatible, highly homogenous graphene-hydroxyapatite hydrogel comments

by Marta Cerruti Kaiwen Hu
Recently, Graphene has shown its potential for applications in tissue engineering 1-3 . Several studies have reported and confirmd the effect of graphene G or graphene oxide GO acting as enhanced growth platform as well as osteogenic inducers for bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells MSCs to differentiate towards osteoblasts 1, 3, 4 ...
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Development of a platelet friendly, infection-resistant storage device to extend shelf-life and improve transfusion safety comments

by Helen Ya Lin Chen
Platelet transfusion is a lifesaving therapy to prevent and control bleeding in surgery, trauma, cancer, and other hematologic conditions 1 ...
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