FIG. 1.

(A) Scanning electron microscopic image of 200 μm scaffold before culture. (B) Transmission light microscopic image of a scaffold 3 days after seeding with human BMSCs. (s, scaffold; c, BMSCs). (C) Demonstration of center 1/9th of transplant, depicted by the area enclosed by the center black rectangle. (D) Percentage of bone within the entire transplant, including both transplant periphery and center. (E) Percentage of bone within the tissue (nonscaffold) portions of the transplant. Transplant periphery and center are both included. (F) Percentage of bone within the center of the transplant. (G) Percentage of bone within the tissue (nonscaffold) portions of the transplant, taken only from the transplant center. BMSC, bone marrow stromal cells. Color images available online at www.liebertonline.com/tea