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CBS Update: Call for Nominations for BoD+ Roles 0 comments

by Patricia Comeau
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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Re: CBS Spring 2026 Newsletter (with newsletter) 0 comments

by Patricia Comeau
Dear CBS Friends and Members, Please find the Spring 2026 newsletter attached here. Regards, Patricia Comeau, CBS Secretary
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Reminder: Book Accommodation for CBS/CSPS/cc-CRS Meeting this June! 0 comments

by Patricia Comeau
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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CBS/CSPS/cc-CRS 2026 Mtg - Late Breaking Abstracts 0 comments

by Patricia Comeau
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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"Hands-on, Minds-on, and Science-up": A Concept-based Learning Laboratory with a Taste of Research Experience for an Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Course comments

by Cyrus Fiori
While the field of biomedical engineering is set to cultivate future breakthroughs in biology, medicine, and engineering, a clear strategy for empowering undergraduate students to develop skills in solving complex problems at the interfaces between these disciplines has not yet been established...
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Ultra-high molecular weight hyperbranched polyglycerol polymers are hemocompatible materials for biomedical applications comments

by Lily Takeuchi
Generally, drug molecules are associated with low solubility in physiological media, rapid metabolism or undesired interaction with proteins present in the blood including enzymes and antibodies...
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Emerging Biomaterials for Drug Resistant Disorders comments

by Marya Ahmed
The rapid emergence of drug resistant pathogens is the major dilemma of this era. In fact, World Health Organization WHO has stated a dire warning that we are entering an era of post-antibiotics and hence, there is a pressing need to find novel ways to empower the drug resistant pathogens...
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A 3-D Multicellular Tumor Spheroid on Layer-by-layer Coated Single Cancer Cell to Study Epithelial-to-mesenchymal Transitions comments

by Mengqiu (Malcolm) Xing YUQING LIU
In tumor progression, the hypoxia-mediated epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition EMT works as an important survival pathway, where epithelial cells lose their polarized properties and acquire mesenchymal characteristics...
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Dynamic Stimulation of Alginate-Based Hydrogels to Differentiate Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Towards Nucleus Pulposus Cells comments

by Gad Sabbatier
Back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide affecting the well-being of more than 80 of the adult population in industrialized countries...
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