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Graphene based scaffolds on bone tissue engineering

Nasrin Shadjou, M. Hasanzadeh, Balal Khalilzadeh

Bioengineered, 2017

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Abstract

Statement of Retraction We, the Editor and Publisher of Bioengineered, have retracted the following article: Nasrin Shadjou, Mohammad Hasanzadeh & Balal Khalilzadeh (2018) Graphene based scaffolds on bone tissue engineering, Bioengineered, 9:1, 38-47, DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2017.1373539 Following publication, the journal was made aware by a third party that the published article contains unreferenced similarity with the following published article: Amini AR, Laurencin CT, Nukavarapu SP. Bone tissue engineering: recent advances and challenges. Crit Rev Biomed Eng. 2012;40(5):363-408. https://doi.org/10.1615/critrevbiomedeng.v40.i5.10 Upon further review, it was identified that there was additional unreferenced similarity to the following published article: Rey C, Combes C, Drouet C, Sfihi H, Barroug A. Physico-chemical properties of nanocrystalline apatites: Implications for biominerals and biomaterials. Mat Sci Eng C. 2007;27(2):198-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2006.05.015 In addition to this, whilst they are referenced, there is similarity with the following published articles: Ma J and Qin J. Graphene-like Zinc Substituted Hydroxyapatite. Cryst. Growth Des. 2015;15(3):1273–1279. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/cg501659x Gao C, Liu T, Shuai C, Peng S. Enhancement mechanisms of graphene in nano-58S bioactive glass scaffold: mechanical and biological performance. Sci Rep. 2014;4:4712. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep04712 When approached for an explanation, the authors…

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