Quantitative temporal interrogation in 3D of bioengineered human cartilage using multimodal label-free imaging

Catarina Costa Moura1, Stuart A Lanham2, Tual Monfort3

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK. s.mahajan@soton.ac.uk and Bone and Joint Research Group, Centre for Human Development, Stem Cells and Regeneration, Institute of Developmental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK. richard.oreffo@soton.ac.uk.

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