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Primary paper abstract: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10205057/ . DOI 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: 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: labs.utsouthwestern.edu/sites/default/files/2022-11/23_Niklason_JVS.pdf . Original published initial-only byline of the 1999 paper is retained.

Official profile: medicine.yale.edu/profile/laura-niklason/ . Biography and research headings describe engineering vascular and lung tissues. The full byline Laura E. Niklason appears on printed p. 628 of the primary follow-up artery paper labs.utsouthwestern.edu/sites/default/files/2022-11/23_Niklason_JVS.pdf . This establishes the E. spelling without expanding the remaining initial.

Primary author-hosted paper: labs.utsouthwestern.edu/sites/default/files/2022-11/23_Niklason_JVS.pdf . Laura E. Niklason and others, Journal of Vascular Surgery 33, 628–638 (2001); DOI doi.org/10.1067/mva.2001.111747 . Printed p. 628, abstract and introduction: culture time, scaffold type and engineered-vessel morphology/function; polymer remnants after eight weeks and locally altered smooth-muscle cell phenotype. The full byline is printed on p. 628.

Additional apparatus locator: Compliance measurements, printed pp. 631–632, describes bench testing of static/dynamic vessel compliance and rupture strength, with Video Motion Analyzer tracking of pulsating vessel edges and paired pressure/diameter readings; Figure 9 on p. 636 displays representative applied pressure and diameter/compliance measurements. labs.utsouthwestern.edu/sites/default/files/2022-11/23_Niklason_JVS.pdf

Primary author-hosted paper: labs.utsouthwestern.edu/sites/default/files/2022-11/21_Gao_JBMR.pdf . Jinming Gao, Laura Niklason and Robert Langer, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research 42, 417–424 (1998). Printed p. 417, full byline and abstract: surface-hydrolyzed PGA meshes increased initial vascular smooth-muscle cell seeding; control experiments connected protein adsorption with the increase. The institutional CV independently lists the paper.