About the Authors

Michelle N. Costa

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Krishnan Radhakrishnan

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Cancer Research and Treatment Center, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Bridget S. Wilson

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Cancer Research and Treatment Center, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Dionisios G. Vlachos

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America

Jeremy S. Edwards

jsedwards@salud.unm.edu

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Cancer Research and Treatment Center, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DGV JE. Performed the experiments: MC. Analyzed the data: MC KR DGV JE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DGV BW. Wrote the paper: MC DGV JE.