Retraction of "Co-culture of microtic chondrocyte with BMSC to generate tissue engineered cartilage".

The Editors of Tissue Engineering: Part A are officially retracting the accepted article entitled "Co-culture of microtic chondrocyte with BMSC to generate tissue engineered cartilage," (DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2011.0443; online ahead of print) at the request of the submitting author, Lu Zhang, M.D. Ph.D, from the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Shanghai 9th People's Hospital of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine in Shanghai, China. Dr. Zhang had submitted this paper for publication without the knowledge or authorization of one of the co-authors on the manuscript, Dr. Yilin Cao, who was also Dr. Zhang’s mentor. Dr. Zhang apologizes to Dr. Cao, the Publisher, and the Journal's readership.