Cell-laden composite suture threads for repairing damaged tendons

The authors would like to thank to Hospital da Prelada (Porto, Portugal) for providing human tendon tissue samples; to Portuguese funds through FCT – Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia in the framework of FCT-POPH-FSE, the grants SFRH/BD/96593/2013, SFRH/BPD/112459/2015 and IF/00593/2015 of R.C-A., R.M.A.D. and M.E.G., respectively