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...

In many fields of research, in vitro models development and validation is acknowledged as a fundamental step for the improvement of current technologies and research of new medical therapies...

Liver cancer is the sixth most common cancer, and the second leading cause of cancer death1. The majority of liver cancer cases are hepatocellular carcinoma HCC ...

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...

Resin-based restorations are the most popular restorative materials in dentistry. However, the invasion of cariogenic bacteria Streptococcus mutans into tooth restoration interface leads to the development of secondary caries which limits restoration s longevity...

Naturally-bioactive hydrogels, such as gelatin methacrylate GelMA , provide favorable properties for tissue-engineering applications, but lack strength and require complex fabrication or multi-component additives, to improve material strength, which can compromise other properties...