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procedure for cartilage defects in the head and neck area, the in-vitro and in-vivo capacity of bone-marrow-derived MSCs mixed with primary ECs or NCs were studied. The formation of functional and stable non-mineralised cartilage was evaluated, along with the relative contribution of each individual cell population (i.e. chondrocytes, MSCs) to mixed-cell-based cartilage repair. 110 CHAPTER 6