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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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Surface Tension Guided Hanging-Drop: Producing Controllable 3D Spheroid of High-Passaged Human Dermal Papilla Cells and Forming Inductive Microtissues For Hair-follicle Regeneration comments

by Mengqiu (Malcolm) Xing bingcheng liu
Hair loss is a common disorder that affects mankind due to reasons such as aging, diseases and medications...
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In vitro erosion studies of polyurethane-based hydrogels intended for use in sustained protein delivery applications comments

by Paul J Santerre Eric Tawagi
There are currently very few FDA-approved bioresorbable materials for drug delivery in tissue engineering...
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Soft Robotics in the Design of Prosthetic Heart Valves comments

by Luke Ohlmann
The aortic valve is the most commonly replaced heart valve, as it is the most susceptible to disease from having the worst operating conditions the highest systemic blood pressure...
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Defining the effect of endogenous tension on pancreatic differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells comments

by Christopher Moraes Raymond Tran
Type 1 diabetes is caused by the autoimmune destruction of insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas...
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Evaluation of the biocompatibility of Magnesium Alloys by Direct and Indirect Methods comments

by Afrah Alhegy
Magnesium alloys have the highest strength weight ratio of all known structural metals. They are a third lighter than aluminum and a quarter the density of steel...
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