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. 2018 Mar 12;6:2050312118761674. doi: 10.1177/2050312118761674

Figure 2.

Figure 2.

Experimental design summary and strategy for testing scaffold-free tissue engineering and assessing regenerative potential. The scaffold-free approach involves culturing cells to produce ECM that will ultimately serve as the IVD implant. In vitro studies assess generated cartilaginous tissue while in vitro studies assess increases in cartilage tissue thickness.