Event: Biomaterials Researchers at the Frontlines
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by Zhenwei Ma
Hi We re organizing a zoom-inar featuring four Canadian professors working at the frontline of battling COVID-19 Please find the details below The event will take place on May 22nd from 2 30-4 30 pm EDT via Zoom https bit...
Hi everyone, Here is our Zoom link for our upcoming virtual CBS Annaual General Meeting which will be held on Friday, May 22nd, 2020 from 12 - 2 pm EST...
Dear CBS Members, The Annual General Meeting AGM of the Canadian Biomaterials Society CBS will take place on Friday, May 22nd, 2020, 12 2 pm EDT through Zoom video-conference...
CBS Early Career Investigator Award Winner
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by Nima Khadem Mohtaram
We are very pleased to inform you that Dr. Marc A. Gauthier has been selected by the Board of Directors of the Canadian Biomaterials Society CBS as the next recipient of the CBS Early Career Investigator Award, acknowledging his outstanding contributions to our Society...
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. In Canada, over 50 000 coronary artery bypass surgeries and percutaneous coronary interventions are performed each year...
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 ...
Tissue engineering is an advancing field due in part to the development of polymers in geometries and dimensions similar to those found in the native extracellular matrix...
Several adhesives found in nature perform in ways that synthetic adhesives do not yet match. For example, even though many aquatic organisms have adapted to adhere to surfaces in aqueous environments, it remains an engineering challenge to synthesize biocompatible adhesives that are effective in wet conditions...