From the *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, VU University Medical Center, VUmc, Amsterdam; †Skeletal Tissue Engineering Group Amsterdam (STEGA), The Netherlands; ‡Division of Biosciences, TNO Quality of Life, Leiden; and §Department of Physics and Medical Technology, VUmc, Amsterdam.
Acknowledgment date: October 8, 2007. Revision date: November 29, 2007. Acceptance date: December 3, 2007.
The manuscript submitted does not contain information about medical device(s)/drug(s).
Corporate/Industry and Federal funds were received in support of this work. No benefits in any form have been or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this manuscript.
Supported by the Dutch Program for Tissue Engineering (DPTE # VGT.6744) and by Cytori therapeutics, Inc. (RH).
Paul I. J. M. Wuisman passed away after the completion of this manuscript.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Theo H. Smit, Orthopaedic Surgery, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands; E-mail: [email protected]
