About the Authors

David H Kirn

Affiliations Jennerex Biotherapeutics, San Francisco, California, United States of America , Clinical Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Yaohe Wang

Affiliation Cancer Research UK Molecular Oncology Centre, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, Charterhouse Square, London, United Kingdom

Fabrice Le Boeuf

Affiliation Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

John Bell

Affiliation Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Steve H Thorne

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: thornesh@upmc.edu

¤ Current address: Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliations Jennerex Biotherapeutics, San Francisco, California, United States of America , Department of Pediatrics and Bio-X Program, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

DHK, FLB, JB, and SHT all declare a financial interest in Jennerex Biotherapeutics, Inc. SHT is a shareholder; FLB receives a portion of his salary from Jennerex, JB sits on the Board of Directors, and DHK is President and CEO of Jennerex. JB is Director of the Canadian Oncolytic Virus Consortium and hold grants from the National Cancer Institute of Canada directed towards the discovery and, ultimately, clinical testing of oncolytic viruses. JB's host institute (Ottawa Health Research Institute [OHRI]) is an equity holder in Jennerex ULC.

Author Contributions

DHK, FLB, JB, and SHT designed the study. DHK, YW, FLB, and SHT analyzed the data. DHK, JB, and SHT contributed to writing the paper.