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Acknowledgments

I thank the members of INSERM UMR 1121 Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Unit for their help during the preparation of this book. I thank my wife, Alix Vrana,

for her patience and her help with images during a rather busy period of our lives.

Idedicate this book to my daughter, Luna Ender Vrana, for bringing the sense of

wonder back in my life and inducing me to look at everyday things differently.

I acknowledge the following grants: EuroTransBio BiMOT Project (ETB-

2012-32) and the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research

and Technological Development and Demonstration under Grant Agreement no.

602694 ( ...