= Functional arteries grown in vitro by L. E. Niklason and others
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Primary paper abstract: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10205057/ . DOI https://doi.org/10.1126/science.284.5413.489 . Science 284(5413), 489–493 (16 April 1999). Byline L. E. Niklason, J. Gao, W. M. Abbott, K. K. Hirschi, S. Houser, R. Marini and R. Langer; initials retained. Abstract: smooth-muscle and endothelial cells from vascular biopsies; bovine vessels cultured under pulsatile conditions; mechanical, contractile and differentiation measurements; implantation in miniature swine. The neighboring Science commentary at pp. 422–425 is a different publication.
Verified identity and follow-up evidence: Jinming Gao’s institutional CV (2 January 2026), printed pp. 1, 5 and 21, explicitly links Jinming Gao to this exact publication: https://profileplus.swmed.edu/facultydata/76088/files/Resume_Gao%20Jinming.pdf . The team’s 2001 primary follow-up, Morphologic and mechanical characteristics of engineered bovine arteries, printed p. 628, gives the full bylines Laura E. Niklason, William Abbott, Jinming Gao, Karen K. Hirschi and Robert Langer, with affiliations: https://labs.utsouthwestern.edu/sites/default/files/2022-11/23_Niklason_JVS.pdf . Original published initial-only byline of the 1999 paper is retained.
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