Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

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...

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...

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...

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...

Monocytes are one of the first cell types present following the implantation of biomaterials or tissue-engineered products, and have been shown to be important in supporting neo tissue formation 1 ...

Injuries and ailments affecting the spinal cord and brain are among the most debilitating known to mankind...

The extracellular matrix ECM is an intricate and complex network of proteins and polysaccharides, with tissue-specific structure and composition that regulates a range of cell behaviours and functions...

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...

Tumor resection, trauma, and infection are a few of the conditions that may lead to bone loss. Oftentimes, the body requires additional medical intervention to aid in its natural regeneration process due to the extent of bone loss...