Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

Dear CBS Members and Friends. As our annual general meeting AGM approaches we are actively seeking nominations for available spots on the Board of Directors for the CBS, the student representative, and both secretary and treasurer roles...

Dear CBS Friends and Members, Please find the Spring 2026 newsletter attached here. Regards, Patricia Comeau, CBS Secretary

Dear CBS Members and Friends, We have been asked to share the following message on behalf of the organizing committee for our upcoming CBS CSPS cc-CRS meeting in Vancouver, BC...

Dear Canadian Biomaterials Society Members Friends, A call for late-breaking abstracts has now been released for our upcoming CBS CSPS cc-CRS 2026 meeting this June in sunny Vancouver, BC...

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...

Osteomyelitis OM is an inflammation in the bone caused by a bacterial infection that leads to bone destruction osteolysis 1 ...

Critically sized segmental bone defects CSBDs are significant clinical challenges that require grafts for reconstruction...

Bioactive glasses BGs are glasses with networks in either the silicate, borate, or phosphate systems, that form hydroxyl carbonate apatite HCA on the surface when introduced into a physiological environment...

Three-dimensional 3D tissue models such as epithelial spheroids or organoids have become popular for pre-clinical drug studies...