Barbieri Thesis - BioMedical Materials program (BMM)

CChapter
2 – The role r of gels in innstructive
puttie es
Figure 9. HHistology
overvieew
of the explanted.
(a) Control (i.e. BCP granul les 212–300 m m), (b) CMC
and (c) PLLU
pastes. Bonee
induction is se een within all thee
materials. High h magnification microscopy
observationns
of the explantted
(d) BCP gra anules, (e) CMC and (f) PLU pa astes. Adipocytes s (i.e. large
white circles)
and blood vesssels
(i.e. small circles c with cells in) are present. Brown B colour indicates
BCP
granules. BBone
is stained red while inters stitial matrix is bblue/white.
The samples s were stained
with
methylene blue and basic ffuchsin:
bone is red, soft tissuess
are violet/light blue b and BCP granules
are
dark brown/ /black.
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