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Therefore, we compressed ground trabecular human bone to granules and, afterwards, treated them with 250 and 300 MPa for 20 and 30 min respectively. We characterized the formed bone granule cylinders (BGC) with respect to their biomechanical properties by evaluating stiffness and stress at 15% strain. Furthermore, the stiffness and yield strength of HHP-treated and native human trabecular bone cylinders (TBC) as control were evaluated. The mechanical properties of native vs. HHP-treated TBCs as well as HHP-treated vs. untreated BGCs did not differ, independent of the applied HHP magnitude and duration. 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