Assessment of Early Osteoarthritis in Human Knee Cartilage by Scanning Force Microscopy

1. Department of Biophysical and Electronic Engineering, University of Genova, Italy; 2. M.E. Muller Institute for Structural Biology, Biozentrum University of Basel, Switzerland; 3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, Kantonsspital, Bruderholz/Basel, Switzerland; 4. Laboratory for Tissue Engineering, Department of Surgery & Research, University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland; 5. Center for Microscopy, University of Basel, Switzerland; 6. Institute of Microtechnology, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.