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2021 Conference - Call for Symposia and Workshops 0 comments

by Thomas Willett
Dear members and friends of CBS, As part of planning the program for the 36th Canadian Biomaterials Society CBS conference, we invite members and sponsors to submit proposals for symposia and or workshops...
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CBS Mentorship Program (2020-2021 academic year) 0 comments

by Kibret Mequanint
Dear CBS Member Trainees, We are very pleased to launch the call for applications for the CBS Mentorship and Professional Development Program for the second year...
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Biometals 2020 0 comments

by Samira Ravanbakhsh
Trends in Bioabsorbable Metals 2020 Where Science meets Technology and Clinics August 24 and 25, 2020 A Virtual Symposium Online, informative, affordable http www...
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Weekly Conference on Biomaterials and Pharmaceutic 0 comments

by Todd Hoare
Hello, The Canadian Society of Biomaterials and the Student Chapters of Quebec and Montreal are pleased to invite you to Weekly Conference on Biomaterials in Pharmaceutics ...
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“On-demand” nanofibrous poly(oligo ethylene glycol methacrylate) (POEGMA) hydrogel scaffolds with layered co-encapsulated cells via reactive electrospinning comments

by Todd Hoare Fei XU
In the last two decades, hydrogels have been widely explored for tissue regeneration due to their tunable mechanics, cell compatibility, ease of functionalization, and similarity to soft tissues...
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Surface charge characterization of hydrogel and silicone hydrogel contact lenses comments

by Lina Liu
Contact lens surfaces may be ionic or electrically neutral. Base on how different lenses interact with various lens care solutions and how they are affected by interaction of different proteins or lipids from tear film, FDA categorised soft contact lenses into 4 distinct groups including two ionic contact lens Group III and group IV...
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FXIIIa-Crosslinkable Synthetic Macromers Improve Stiffness and Adhesion of Hemophilia B Blood Clots under Fibrinolytic Conditions comments

by Christian Kastrup Karen Chan
Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder that affects roughly 1 in 5000 live births. A form of this disease, hemophilia B, is caused by deficiencies of the clotting protein, factor IX FIX , which is part of the coagulation cascade that, when activated by vascular injury, generates fibrin and its crosslinker, factor XIIIa FXIIIa ...
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Development of an anti-thrombotic and anti-inflammatory coating for medical devices comments

by Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu Kevin Gonzalez
There are several blood contacting medical devices that are widely used in medicine to enhance the quality of care...
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Bioinspired Self-healing Polymer Coating with Antifouling and Antibacterial Properties comments

by Ravin Narain Anika Benozir Asha
Biofouling due to irreversible accumulation of micro and macro-organism has become a serious threat to medical, marine, and other manufacturing industries...
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