Multiscale analyses reveal native-like lamellar bone repair and near perfect bone-contact with porous strontium-loaded bioactive glass.

"Conflicts of interest M.M.S. is a coinventor on a patent on strontium-containing BG (WO2007/144662)."

"We thank Ms. S. Skeete for laboratory assistance, Dr. A. A. Nogiwa Valdez for administrative assistance, and Dr Annina Steinbach for help with electronic microscopy. We thank CERAM/Lucideon Ltd for providing XRF measurements. M.M.S. and H.A were supported by the Medical Engineering Solutions in Osteoarthritis Centre of Excellence funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (088844/Z/09/Z). This project was also supported by the Technology Strategy Board which funded Imperial College London, RepRegenTM and CERAM/Lucideon Ltd (Project N°TP1044-11260). M.M.S. was also supported by the Rosetrees Trust. H.A. was partially supported by the Value In People award from the Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund (097816/Z/11/B). E.G. was supported by a Research Career Development Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust. J.R.J. was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/I020861/1). Raw data is available from rdm-enquiries@imperial.ac.uk."