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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...
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Dear CBS Friends and Members, Please find the Spring 2026 newsletter attached here. Regards, Patricia Comeau, CBS Secretary
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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...
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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...
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Evaluation of URIST, a novel osteoinductive bioimplant, in canine alveolar ridge comments

by Sean Peel
Tumor resection, trauma, and infection are a few of the conditions that may lead to bone loss. Oftentimes, the body requires additional medical intervention to aid in its natural regeneration process due to the extent of bone loss...
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Plasma approaches for controlling the release of silver ions from silver-based antibacterial nanocoatings comments

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Recently, the prevention of hospital-acquired infections HAIs has increased to a great extent, due to an augmented awareness on the importance to reduce the spread of bacteria on everyday surfaces located, e...
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Development of self-associating SN-38-conjugated poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(ester) micelles for colorectal cancer therapy comments

by Afsaneh Lavasanifar Sams Sadat
The clinical use of 7-ethyl-10-hydroxy-camptothecin SN-38 , the active metabolite of irinotecan, has been hampered because of its practical water-insolubility...
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Immune Response to Vascularizing Subcutaneous Engineered Islet Grafts comments

by Krystal Ortaleza
The subcutaneous space has become a promising alternative to the peritoneal cavity or the omentum for islet transplantations...
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A Synthetic Blood Clot that Forms in Response to Numerous Specific Stimuli comments

by Christian Kastrup
Creating smart materials that form in response to environmental cues will require strategies for detecting an onslaught of diverse molecules, materials, and cells, and responding to a specific subset...
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  • Robyn Birch: Denosumab treatment of giant cell tumors in the spine induces woven bone formation
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