About the Authors

Akiko Iwata

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Division of Basic Sciences, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Michael L. Morrison

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Division of Basic Sciences, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Mark B. Roth

mroth@fhcrc.org

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Division of Basic Sciences, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: The authors are named on pending patent applications. Finally, the authors clarified the nature of our provisional patent application (Use of Halogen Compounds For the Treatment and Prevention of Heart Attack and Ischemic Injury) and stated that it does not affect or alter the authors adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AI MLM MBR. Performed the experiments: AI MLM. Analyzed the data: AI MLM MBR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AI MLM. Wrote the paper: AI MLM MBR.