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A survey towards the development of a Canadian database of nanomedicine-related research expertise 0 comments

by Mohsen Akbari
As part of its legacy strategy, the NanoMedicines Innovation Network NMIN is creating an online database of Canadian nanomedicines researchers and the areas of expertise represented within their labs...
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Workshop: Peptide Synthesis and Applications in Regenerative Medicine 0 comments

by Amanda Clifford
Dear Trainees, Drs. Marcelo Munoz and Emilio Alarcon will facilitate a workshop on Peptide Synthesis and Applications in Regenerative Medicine at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute from August 14th to 17th, 2023...
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International Society of Biofabrication (ISBF) Conference 2023 0 comments

by Amanda Clifford
Dear Members, The annual conference of the International Society of Biofabrication ISBF is being held this September 17-20 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan...
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CBS 2023: Early Bird Registration Deadline Extended 0 comments

by Amanda Clifford
Dear Members, The early bird registration deadline for CBS 2023 in Halifax has been extended to April 21st, 2023 To register, click here...
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3D Bioprining of Microvasculatures comments

by Houman Savoji
There is a significant need to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the potential drug candidates in early-stage of the development pipeline to prevent skyrocketing costs of failure in the late-stages of clinical trials or drugs attrition from the market 1...
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On the Formation and Morphology of Lipid Nanoparticles Containing Ionizable Cationic Lipids and siRNA comments

by Kulkarni Jayesh
In recent years the mantra surrounding gene therapy has been delivery, delivery, delivery ,1-3 meaning that intracellular delivery of macromolecular RNA and DNA constructs into target cells was the primary impediment to practicing gene therapy in vivo...
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Investigation on the physical-chemical and biological properties of Ti surfaces treated by AC Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) comments

by Fabio Variola Sara Martinelli
Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation PEO is a simple and cost effective electrochemical technique for the surface modification of metals which recently gained great interest in the biomedical field for its ability to generate a bioactive porous oxide layer on widely used orthopedic metals, such as titanium and its alloys 1 ...
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Modifying Modular Tissue Engineering for Subcutaneous Pancreatic Islet Transplantation comments

by Alexander Vlahos
Almost 300 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with diabetes, and this number continues to rise each year 1 ...
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Engineering personalized neural tissue using the novel functionalized transcription factor IASCL1 comments

by Stephanie Willerth
The transcription factor Ascl1 plays a key role in neural development and previous work by the Wernig group demonstrated that Ascl1 overexpression using viral vectors can reprogram fibroblasts directly in neurons through the process of cellular reprogramming ADDIN EN...
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