About the Authors

María del Mar Arriero

Affiliation Department of Fundamental Biology and Health Sciences, Research Institute on Health Sciences (IUNICS), University of Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Joana M. Ramis

Affiliation Department of Fundamental Biology and Health Sciences, Research Institute on Health Sciences (IUNICS), University of Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Joan Perelló

Affiliation Laboratoris Sanifit, ParcBIT, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Marta Monjo

marta.monjo@uib.es

Affiliation Department of Fundamental Biology and Health Sciences, Research Institute on Health Sciences (IUNICS), University of Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Competing Interests

Joan Perelló is employed by Laboratoris Sanifit. All authors are inventors of a pending patent application based on some aspects of this work (EP11382404.9, priority date 26.12.2011, “Biocompatible implant”). There are no other patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: MMA. Analyzed the data: MMA JMR MM. Wrote the paper: MMA JMR JP MM. Conceived the experiments: JMR JP MM. Designed the experiments: MMA JMR MM.