Eumelanin-releasing spongy-like hydrogels for skin re-epithelialization purposes

The authors would like to acknowledge Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT) for SFRH/BD/78025/2011 (LdS), SFRH/BPD/101886/2014 (RPP), SFRH/BPD/101952/2014 (TCS) and IF/01214/2014 (VC) grants, Mariana Cerqueira and Manuela Lago for their support on human primary keratinocytes cell culture, and Rui Fernandes from the Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology of the University of Porto for TEM analysis.