Fig. 3

Assessment of cell presence in healing defects. a Representative hematoxylin and eosin stained healing defects with ACS (left) and ACS/Talymed (right). BMP2 dose increases from top to bottom. Arrows indicate highly cellular areas. 10× magnification. b Quantification of nuclei within the defect area indicates that more cells are present in the ACS/Talymed treated defects however there is an interaction effect highlighted by fewer cells in each scaffold with the clinical dose of BMP2. n = 3 sections 40 µm apart from at least four individuals per group