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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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CBS Eastern Canada Research Day - Abstracts due Sept 15th 0 comments

by Patricia Comeau
Dear CBS Members Colleagues, We are excited to share that four of our Eastern Canada student chapters have organized a 2025 Canadian Biomaterials Society Eastern Canada Student Research Day ...
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CBS Board of Directors Elections 2025 and CBS2027 Update 0 comments

by Lindsay Fitzpatrick
Dear CBS Member, I have a two important news items to communicate 1. CBS Board Member Elections It is now time to cast your votes for open positions on the CBS Board of Directors...
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Magnetically Activated Glass Transition (Tg) Switch Nanocomposites for On-demand Drug Delivery comments

by Todd Hoare Somiraa Said
On-demand drug release has great potential in post-surgical pain control, infection treatment, hormonal therapy, and chemotherapy...
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Fiber formation in genipin crosslinked elastin-based materials: a balance of coacervation, crosslinking comments

by Kirklann Lau
Elastin is the extracellular protein primarily responsible for elasticity in animal tissues. Elastin self-assembles from its protein building block unit, tropoelastin, via a liquid-liquid phase separation process known as coacervation...
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Pericardial Delivery of Micronized Matrix Biomaterial Leverages an Eosinophil Immune Response for Post-Infarct Cardiac Repair comments

by Paul Fedak Vishnu Vasanthan
Ischemic heart disease IHD remains a leading cause of mortality1. After myocardial infarction MI fibrosis predominates tissue remodeling, resulting in impaired pump function and heart failure2,3...
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Modulation of host-pathogen interaction in an engineered mucus microenvironment comments

by Brendan Leung Andy Huang
The human mucus layer plays an important role in host defense. In areas such as the airway and gastrointestinal GI tract, the mucus lining acts as a physical barrier to pathogens while providing a microenvironment for commensal bacteria 1 ...
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A biomimetic strategy to enhance epithelial sealing of percutaneous biomaterials comments

by Marta Cerruti Ahmed Saad
Percutaneous devices encompass any device that penetrate through the skin such as dental implants and transcutaneous orthopaedic implants...
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