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CBS Open Award Call: WBC 2016 Legacy Postdoctoral Experience Award 0 comments

by Patricia Comeau
Dear CBS Members, The Canadian Biomaterials Society CBS would like to encourage all postdoctoral fellows PDFs to consider applying for our WBC 2016 Legacy Postdoctoral Experience Award...
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2025 Annual General Meeting - Call for Nominations and Proposals 0 comments

by Lindsay Fitzpatrick
Dear friends This email concerns a nominations for positions on the Board of Directors and b proposals to host our 2027 Annual Meeting...
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CBS2025: Registration closes tonight at 8pm EST 0 comments

by Lindsay Fitzpatrick
Dear CBS Members, This is reminder that registration for CBS2025 in Kingston, Ontario May 21-23, 2025 closes tonight at 8pm...
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Next CBS Webinar on Monday, April 28th with Dr. J. Kizhakkedathu (UBC) 0 comments

by Patricia Comeau
Dear CBS Members, Our next lunch webinar will be this Monday, April 28th at 3 30pm EST. This event is organized by the Alberta Student Chapter of the Canadian Biomaterials Society and will feature Dr...
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Optimization of a Tissue-adhesive Gel with Rapid Gelation and Strong Mechanical Properties for Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering comments

by Sophie Lerouge sepideh samaei
Injectable hydrogels based on chitosan CH , a polysaccharide biopolymer that is soluble in acidic conditions, are increasingly used for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications...
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Method of deposition affects physicochemical, bioactive and serum-independent components of polydopamine coatings. comments

by Fabio Variola Alex Steeves
Polydopamine PDA , a unique bioinspired polymer, has been a subject of interest in the field bioengineering, electrochemistry and structural engineering...
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Synthetic methacrylic acid hydrogels as platforms for tissue engineering in the context of type 1 diabetes comments

by Michael Sefton Sean Kinney
Type 1 diabetes T1D is an autoimmune disease characterized by the destruction of insulin-producing -cells found in pancreatic islets...
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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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PLA surface functionalization: a first step toward targeted bioconjugation for biomedical applications comments

by Ivan Rodríguez Durán
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...
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