About the Authors
- Marzia Massignani
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Affiliations Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Irene Canton
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Tao Sun
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Affiliation Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Vanessa Hearnden
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Affiliations Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Medicine & Surgery, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Sheila MacNeil
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Affiliation Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Adam Blanazs
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Steven P. Armes
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Andrew Lewis
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Affiliation Biocompatibles UK Ltd, Farnham, United Kingdom
- Giuseppe Battaglia
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* E-mail: g.battaglia@sheffield.ac.uk
Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Prior to this manuscript the authors have filed a patent (EU Patent EP08156271.2) owned by Biocompaitbles. As a result of this, there is product CelLuminate(TM) commercialized by Biocompatibles based on some of the findings herein reported.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MM GB. Performed the experiments: MM IC TS VH AB GB. Analyzed the data: MM IC TS VH SM AB SPA GB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM SPA AL GB. Wrote the paper: MM TS VH SM SPA AL GB.