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The deadline for the WBC2016 Legacy Travel Award has been extended to March 2, 2026, to match the abstract deadline extension for the CBS CSPS CC-CRS Conference...
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Dear members and friends of the Canadian Biomaterials Society, The abstract deadline has been extended to March 2nd, 2026 for the upcoming CBS CCPS cc-CRS 2026 meeting this June in Vancouver, BC...
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Dear friends , For this years annual meeting in beautiful Vancouver, BC June 2 - 5 2026 we are happy to partner with the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences CSPS and the Canadian Chapter of the Controlled Release Society cc-CRS ...
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Call for Abstracts for CBS/CSPS/cc-CRS Conference is now open! 0 comments

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Call for Abstracts is OPEN The Canadian Biomaterials Society CBS , the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences CSPS , and the Controlled Release Society cc-CRS are joining forces to host a landmark joint conference at UBC Vancouver...
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A Critical Evaluation of Cortical Bone Fracture Toughness Testing Methods comments

by Daniel Dapaah
Fracture mechanics approaches have been used for more than 30 years to quantify the fracture resistance of cortical bone...
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The Co-Delivery of Syngeneic Adipose-derived Stem/Stromal Cells and Macrophages on Decellularized Adipose Tissue Bioscaffolds for In Vivo Adipose Tissue Regeneration comments

by Hisham Kamoun
Adipose tissue has a limited capacity for repair following trauma, disease, or post-oncologic surgical resection...
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Cationic, Amphoteric and Anionic Charged Poly(Oligoethylene glycol methacrylate) Hydrogels With Tunable Physiochemical Properties and Biological Interactions comments

by Todd Hoare Emilia Bakaic
Poly ethylene glycol PEG hydrogels have been widely studied as biomaterials, exploiting the hydrophilic, non-immunogenic, and non-cytotoxic properties of PEG...
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Engineering personalized neural tissue using the novel functionalized transcription factor IASCL1 comments

by Stephanie Willerth
The transcription factor Ascl1 plays a key role in neural development and previous work by the Wernig group demonstrated that Ascl1 overexpression using viral vectors can reprogram fibroblasts directly in neurons through the process of cellular reprogramming ADDIN EN...
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Deposition and Characterization of Mesoporous Silica Coatings on Magnesium Alloys comments

by Afrah Alhegy
In recent years, magnesium and its alloys have received much attention as a new biomaterial in orthopedic applications due to their biodegradability, biocompatibility, and their mechanical properties that are similar to natural bone...
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