Gross inspection revealed that acellular implants had significantly decreased in size by 1 month. Cellular constructs
retained their contour/projection from the animals’ dorsa, even after 3 months. Post-harvest weight of cellular constructs
was significantly greater than that of acellular constructs after 1 and 3 months. Safranin O-staining revealed that cellular
constructs demonstrated evidence of a self-assembled perichondrial layer and copious neocartilage deposition. Verhoeff
staining of 1 month cellular constructs revealed de novo elastic cartilage deposition, which was even more extensive and
robust after 3 months. The equilibrium modulus and hydraulic permeability of cellular constructs were not significantly
different from native bovine auricular cartilage after 3 months.