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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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Tunable, biomimetic hydrogels to study breast cancer cell invasion comments

by Molly Shoichet Stephanie Fisher
The spread of cancer throughout the body, or metastasis, is the leading cause of death in cancer patients...
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Well-defined hyaluronic acid based hydrogels for studying primary lymphoma tumours comments

by Molly Shoichet Laura Bahlmann
Conventional drug screening is performed on cells cultured on 2D, stiff poly styrene , which provides an environment that misrepresents the morphology and growth characteristics of patient tumours...
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A Novel Nano-silver Coated and Hydrogel-impregnated Polyurethane Nanofibrous Mesh for Ventral Hernia Repair comments

by Mengqiu (Malcolm) Xing Kaige Xu
Ventral hernia is one of the most common abdomen surgical diseases. Usually, polypropylene PP meshes are widely used for ventral hernia repair since PP meshes are relative inexpensive and easy to handle and incorporation into tissue...
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Characterization of Chitosan Coated Stainless Steel Surface and Its Calcification Behavior comments

by Rodrigo Vieira
Biomaterials science study aims to improve devices in such way that, at physiological level, the tissue-biomaterial interface could have a strong integration...
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Tunable, biomimetic hydrogels to study breast cancer cell invasion comments

by Molly Shoichet Stephanie Fisher
The spread of cancer throughout the body, or metastasis, is the leading cause of death in cancer patients...
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