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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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In Situ-Gelling and Metal Complexing Starch Nanoparticle (SNP)-based Nanoparticle Network Hydrogel (NNH) for the Delivery or Scavenging of Heavy Metal Ions comments

by Andrew Lofts
Chelation therapy is an effective strategy to remove toxic metals from the blood such as mercury, lead, and arsenic as a response to poisoning...
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Mechanical and Biochemical Stability of Hyaluronic Acid-Gelatin Hydrogels for Use in a Phono-Mimetic Vocal Fold Bioreactor comments

by Luc Mongeau Neda Latifi
Human phonation involves self-oscillations of the vocal folds within the larynx. An airflow-induced perfusion bioreactor was developed to mimic the biomechanical environment of the human vocal fold VF lamina propria...
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PAMAM dendrimer based formulation of haloperidol for brain targeting via intranasal delivery comments

by Yogesh Katare
Delivery of therapeutics across blood brain barrier is a challenging task as most small organic molecules have inadequate aqueous solubility, limited bioavailability or poor permeation across blood brain barrier 1 ...
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Subtractive manufacturing with swelling induced stochastic folding of sacrificial materials for fabricating complex perfusable tissues in multi-well plates comments

by Boyang Zhang Shravanthi Rajasekar
Organ-on-a-chip systems that recapitulate tissue-level functions have been proposed to improve in vitro in vivo correlation in drug development...
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Bacterial Cellulose Nanofibers Grafted Poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization comments

by Yaser Dahman
Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization ATRP is significant method for synthesis of polymers with narrow polydispersity and is based on the reversible reaction of low oxidation- state metal complexes with an alkyl halide, generating radicals and the corresponding high-oxidation state metal complexes with a coordinated halide ligand...
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