**Acknowledgements**

This work was supported by CONACYT (México) Grant 79371, and Fondo Mixto CONA‐ CYT-Gobierno del Estado de Yucatán, Grants 108160 and 170132.

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Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C., Grupo de Biomateriales e Ingeniería de Tejidos, Mexico

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