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WBC2020 Travel Award 0 comments

by Nima Khadem Mohtaram
CBS is pleased to offer travel awards to assist students and post-doctoral fellows who are CBS members to present their accepted oral or poster abstracts at the 11th World Biomaterials Congress this May in Glasgow, Scotland...
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Fall 2019 CBS Newsletter 0 comments

by Todd Hoare
The Fall 2019 edition of the CBS Newsletter is now available. Read about the latest initiatives from CBS, look back at the Quebec City CBS Annual Meeting and look ahead to WBC 2020 coming up this May in Glasgow, find out more about our very active student chapters across the country, meet the new CBS Senior Board Members and President-Elect, and learn more about the many award opportunities provided by CBS...
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CBS representatives at IUS-BSE (2020-2024) 0 comments

by Nima Khadem Mohtaram
It is my pleasure to announce that Dr. Sophie Lerouge and Dr. Lauren Flynn have been elected by board of directors as CBS representatives for the IUS-BSE for the period of 2020-2024...
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Winner of CBS Service Award - Dr. Diego Mantovani 0 comments

by Nima Khadem Mohtaram
We are very pleased to inform you that Dr. Diego Mantovani has been selected by the Board of Directors of the Canadian Biomaterials Society CBS as the next recipient of the CBS Service Award, acknowledging his outstanding contributions to our Society...
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Tenogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells in aligned dense collagen hydrogels by mechanical stimulation comments

by Showan N. Nazhat Hyeree Park
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...
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Manipulation of Nanocomposite Phase Behaviour upon Inclusion of a Calcium Salt and Evaluation of the Resulting First Generation Nanocomposite Ink with MG63 Cells comments

by Patricia Comeau
Current methods for reconstructing critically-sized bone defects CSBD have significant shortcomings1...
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Injectable thermosensitive hydrogel for dendritic cells immunomodulation in promoting anti-inflammatory T-cell response comments

by Yi Zhu
Dendritic cells DCs are antigen-presenting cells and play an essential role in bridging the innate and adaptive immune responses 1 ...
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Bioprinting Neural Tissue comments

by Stephanie Willerth Michaela Thomas
Neurodegenerative disease, stroke, and traumatic brain injury cause neuron death in the central nervous system, resulting in decreased motor, sensory, and or processing capability 1 ...
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Lipid- conjugated polyethylenimines efficiently transfect siRNA in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells comments

by Hasan Uludag Mohammad Nasrullah
Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells PBMCs are vital components of the innate immune system. Signal Transduction and Activator of Transcription 5A STAT5A is one of the major transcription factors in PBMCs, which affects the regulation of multiple downstream genes and cell fate...
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