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Our Virtual AGM 2020 0 comments

by Nima Khadem Mohtaram
Dear CBS Members, As you are aware, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused numerous disruptions around the world, and scheduled conferences are being either postponed or canceled...
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Winner of CBS Lifetime Achievement Award 0 comments

by Nima Khadem Mohtaram
We are very pleased to inform you that Dr. Paul Santerre has been selected by the Board of Directors of the Canadian Biomaterials Society CBS as the next recipient of the CBS Lifetime Achievement Award , acknowledging his outstanding contributions to our Society...
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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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UNRAVELING THE RELATIONSHIP BEWTEEN POLYPLEX DIMENSIONS AND TRANSFECTION EFFECTIVENESS comments

by Gabriele Candiani
Although linear and branched polyethylenimines lPEI and bPEI are considered the gold standard polymeric gene carriers 1 , some conflicting results on their performance have been reported...
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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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An Investigation of Breast Cancer Metastasis to Bone in a 3D Dense Collagen Hydrogel Culture comments

by Showan N. Nazhat Mark Sven Jà¤mes-Bhasin
Breast cancer metastasis to bone is associated with poor patient prognosis as current non-specific therapeutics are administered systemically with deleterious side effects...
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Effects of Sodium Ascorbate on the Deposition of Extracellular Matrix Proteins within Scaffolds, Generated by Human Adipose Derived Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and Monocytes comments

by Paul J Santerre Katya D'Costa
Pulmonary hypertension PH is a progressive disease defined by the unwanted stiffening and narrowing of arteries in the lungs, ultimately resulting in right heart failure and death...
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Using a Mathematical Model to Study the Neuronal Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Seeded on Melt Electrospun Biomaterial Scaffolds comments

by Stephanie Willerth Meghan Hall
Human induced pluripotent stem cells hiPSCs have two prominent properties pluripotency and the ability to self-renew...
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