About the Authors

Furqan A. Shah

Contributed equally to this work with: Furqan A. Shah, Martin L. Johansson

Affiliations Department of Biomaterials, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, BIOMATCELL VINN Excellence Center of Biomaterials and Cell Therapy, Gothenburg, Sweden

Martin L. Johansson

Contributed equally to this work with: Furqan A. Shah, Martin L. Johansson

Affiliations Department of Biomaterials, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, BIOMATCELL VINN Excellence Center of Biomaterials and Cell Therapy, Gothenburg, Sweden, Oticon Medical AB, Askim, Sweden

Omar Omar

Affiliations Department of Biomaterials, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, BIOMATCELL VINN Excellence Center of Biomaterials and Cell Therapy, Gothenburg, Sweden

Hanna Simonsson

Affiliations BIOMATCELL VINN Excellence Center of Biomaterials and Cell Therapy, Gothenburg, Sweden, Oticon Medical AB, Askim, Sweden

Anders Palmquist

Affiliations Department of Biomaterials, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, BIOMATCELL VINN Excellence Center of Biomaterials and Cell Therapy, Gothenburg, Sweden

Peter Thomsen

peter.thomsen@biomaterials.gu.se

Affiliations Department of Biomaterials, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, BIOMATCELL VINN Excellence Center of Biomaterials and Cell Therapy, Gothenburg, Sweden

Competing Interests

MLJ and HS are under the employment of Oticon Medical AB. This (commercial affiliation) does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLJ OO PT. Performed the experiments: FAS MLJ OO HS AP. Analyzed the data: FAS MLJ OO HS AP PT. Wrote the paper: FAS MLJ OO HS AP PT.