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Arthritis Research and Therapy Vol 5 No 1 Tuan et al. Review Adult mesenchymal stem cells and cell-based tissue engineering Rocky S Tuan, Genevieve Boland and Richard Tuli Cartilage Biology and Orthopaedics Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA Corresponding author: Rocky S Tuan (e-mail: Tuanr@) Received: 7 October 2002 Accepted: 1 November 2002 Published: 11 December 2002 Arthritis Res Ther 2003, 5:32-45 (DOI 10.1186/ar614) ? 2003 BioMed Central Ltd (Print ISSN 1478-6354; Online ISSN