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WBC2016 Legacy Travel Award Deadline Extended to March 2 0 comments

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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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Abstract Deadline Extended for CBS/CSPS/CC-CRS Conference 0 comments

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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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CBS 2026 Meeting News! 0 comments

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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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Bioinspired multifunctional tough gel sheathed surgical suture comments

by Jianyu Li Zhenwei Ma
Surgical sutures are the gold-standard wound closure materials for centuries. However, they might induce tissue drag, damaging and dissecting delicate and fragile soft tissues and blood vessels, and cause body fluid air leakage...
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REACTIVE ION PLASMA MODIFICATION OF POLY(VINYL ALCOHOL) comments

by Patrick Jurney
Synthetic graft biomaterials have been explored as alternatives to autologous grafts with considerable success in large- 8 mm and medium-diameter arteries 6-8 mm ...
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Recombinant human proteoglycan 4 releasing in situ cross-linking hyaluronic acid hydrogels for reducing post-surgical adhesions comments

by Tannin Schmidt Graeme Prosperi-Porta
Postsurgical adhesions are a significant source of morbidity causing bowel obstruction, ischemia, infertility or ectopic pregnancies following intraabdominal surgery 1 ...
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Localized Delivery of Exogenous C-type Natriuretic Peptide from Heparin-Coated NPs – Potential Use in Suppressing Fibrotic Phenotypes in Cardiac Myofibrogenesis comments

by Paul J Santerre Shirley Chung
In a healthy heart, cells naturally secrete C-type natriuretic peptide CNP , an anti-fibrotic cytokine that has strong effects on cardiac fibroblast function, fibrosis, and extracellular matrix deposition...
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Delivery of Protein-Based Therapies Targeting the Regeneration and Repair of Cardiac Tissues comments

by Paul J Santerre Shirley Chung
Leading edge regenerative therapies targeting heart failure have utilized the delivery of cardiac progenitor cells to improve heart function...
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