Duchi, Serena http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6418-3323
Francis, Sam L.
Onofrillo, Carmine
O’Connell, Cathal D.
Choong, Peter
Di Bella, Claudia
Funding for this research was provided by:
MRFF-NHMRC Early Career Investigator Grant (MRFF 2293897)
University of Melbourne
Article History
Received: 18 May 2022
Revised: 8 August 2022
Accepted: 16 August 2022
First Online: 16 October 2022
Declarations
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: We declare that this manuscript is original, has not been published before and is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere. We wish to confirm that there are no conflicts of interest associated with this publication and there have been no competing financial interests for this work that could have influenced its outcome. We confirm that the manuscript has been read and approved by all named authors and that there are no other persons who satisfied the criteria for authorship but are not listed. We further confirm that all of us have approved the order of authors listed in the manuscript. We confirm that we have given due consideration to the protection of intellectual property associated with this work and that are no impediments to publication, including the timing of publication, with respect to intellectual property. In so doing we confirm that we have followed the regulations of our institutions concerning intellectual property.
: St. Vincent Hospital Ethics Committee [HREC/16/SVHM/186] approved use of all human samples and procedures (isolation of hADSCs from human infrapatellar fat pad and osteochondral plug generation) in this study and all the experiments were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. This study was approved by the Animal Ethics Committee [AEC/002/19-r1] and the Experimental Medical and Surgical Unit (EMSU) of St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. The animal study was conducted in accordance with the Australian Code for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes (8th Edition).