Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

It is my pleasure to announce that Dr. Sophie Lerouge and Dr. Lauren Flynn have been elected by board of directors as CBS representatives for the IUS-BSE for the period of 2020-2024...

We are very pleased to inform you that Dr. Diego Mantovani has been selected by the Board of Directors of the Canadian Biomaterials Society CBS as the next recipient of the CBS Service Award, acknowledging his outstanding contributions to our Society...

On behalf of CBS Award committee, we wish Dr. Felipe Eltit a hearty congratulation on receiving the CBS Visiting Scholar Award of the year...

Canadian universities provide world-recognized training in research and leadership for their graduate students...

Myofibroblasts have been implicated in scar tissue formation around biomaterials. When biomaterials are implanted as part of a tissue engineered construct, as a sensor, as a prosthetic or even as a drug delivery device, scar formation fibrosis around the biomaterial often interferes with the intended function...

On-demand drug release has great potential in post-surgical pain control, infection treatment, hormonal therapy, and chemotherapy...

Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells PBMCs are vital components of the innate immune system. Signal Transduction and Activator of Transcription 5A STAT5A is one of the major transcription factors in PBMCs, which affects the regulation of multiple downstream genes and cell fate...

Tumors contain heterogeneous and dynamic populations of cells that do not all display the fast- proliferating properties that traditional chemotherapies target...

Despite the extensive development of peptide-based tumor antigen vaccines, the field still faces up enormous challenges from lacking clinical efficacy...