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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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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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Preparation and characterization of a co-electrospun nanofibrous gelatin/polyurethane composite scaffold for cardiac tissue engineering comments

by Paul J Santerre Yizhou Chen
Electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds are suitable for tissue engineering as their fibrous structure resembles nano micro fibre-like features of native extracellular matrix ECM , which facilitates cell attachment, growth and proliferation 1 ...
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Tuning Polymeric Micelle Stability and Drug Loading with Chemical Modifications comments

by Molly Shoichet Jennifer Logie
Polymeric micelles have been heavily investigated for their use as vehicles to deliver poorly soluble, potent chemotherapeutics 1 ...
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Ultra-high molecular weight hyperbranched polyglycerol polymers are hemocompatible materials for biomedical applications comments

by Lily Takeuchi
Generally, drug molecules are associated with low solubility in physiological media, rapid metabolism or undesired interaction with proteins present in the blood including enzymes and antibodies...
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pH-responsive, Antimicrobial-loaded Dressing for Recognition and Eradication of Bacterial Infection in Epidermal Wounds comments

by Mohsen Akbari Bahram Mirani
Infection comprises more than 75 of the mortality in burn wound injuries. Increased scarring and delay in wound healing process are the other detrimental impacts of infection on the burn wounds, necessitating the early detection of the infection at the wound site in clinical practices...
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