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CBS Early Career Investigator Award Winner 0 comments

by Nima Khadem Mohtaram
We are very pleased to inform you that Dr. Marc A. Gauthier has been selected by the Board of Directors of the Canadian Biomaterials Society CBS as the next recipient of the CBS Early Career Investigator Award, acknowledging his outstanding contributions to our Society...
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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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3D Hyaluronan Dual-Click Chemistry Hydrogels as Matrices for Breast Spheroid Formation comments

by Molly Shoichet Alexander Baker
Terminal ductal lobular structures are the main functioning unit of mammary glands and the most common site for breast carcinogenesis the cited reference is missing author and title details ...
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Protocol Development for Direct Cellular Reprogramming of Reactive Astrocytes to Neurons Using Modified Neurogenin2, VPA and TNF-α comments

by Ian Fraser
Direct cellular reprogramming is the practice of converting a cell type into another without first converting them into stem cells...
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Evaluation and Modification of Amphiphilic Oligo-Urethane Coatings for Use as Drug Delivery Coatings comments

by Zachary Grodzinski
Cardiovascular disease CVD is the cause of approximately one third of Canadian and American mortalities each year 1,2 ...
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A Novel Photo-initiated Small Intestine Submucosa Hydrogel for 3D Cell Culture in Tissue Engineering comments

by Liangpeng Ge
The naturally derived material small intestinal submucosa SIS is a decellularized and collagen-rich extracellular matrix material derived from the submucosal layer of porcine intestine, is widely used in clinic and preclinic research, since it remains mainly structural and functional molecules of native extracellular matrix ECM , such as collagen, hyaluronic acid, and kinds of growth factors...
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Glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor-releasing nanofibers with varied topographies for neural tissue engineering applications comments

by Stephanie Willerth Nima Khadem Mohtaram
Encapsulated, aligned nanofibers fabricated by solution electrospinning can serve as multifunctional biomaterial scaffolds, due to their desirable topographical and drug delivery properties 1 ...
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