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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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A 3D Bioprinted Hydrogel Mesh Loaded with All-Trans Retinoic Acid for Treatment of Glioblastoma comments

by Mohsen Akbari Bahram Mirani
Glioblastoma comprises more than 50 of all gliomas which is the most frequent type of brain tumor. 1 Current treatment strategies for this cancer includes surgical resection, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy...
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Surface modification of PLA films for biomedical applications using nitrogen and argon atmospheric plasma treatments comments

by Gaétan Laroche saeideh shokrollahi tooranposhti
In the past few decades, stents have been widely used in clinical applications to treat blocked vessels...
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Advanced Electron Microscopy Characterization of Metal-on-Polyethylene Total Hip Replacement Retrievals comments

by Kathryn Grandfield Vicky Vuong
First introduced over a century ago, total hip arthroplasty THA is a refined surgical intervention that allows for the recovery of function in a patient s debilitated hip joint for up to 10 to 15 years 1 , 2 ...
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Investigation of human bone with plasma focused ion beam reveals mesoscale mineral clusters comments

by Dakota Binkley
The remarkable mechanical properties of bone are attributed to the hierarchical organization of microscopic structures made up of collagen and mineral spanning across the nano- to microscale 1 ...
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Development of an Injectable, In situ-forming, and Mechanically Resilient Hydrogel for Cell Delivery for Nucleus Pulposus Regeneration comments

by Brian Amsden Hossein Riahinezhad
Intervertebral disk degeneration IVDD is a common disease, especially in elderly people, that causes severe back pain and affects patients mobility and life quality considerably...
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