About the Authors

Chris D. Crowder

Affiliation Ibis Biosciences, Carlsbad, California, United States of America

Heather E. Matthews

Affiliation Ibis Biosciences, Carlsbad, California, United States of America

Steven Schutzer

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Megan A. Rounds

Affiliation Ibis Biosciences, Carlsbad, California, United States of America

Benjamin J. Luft

Affiliation Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Oliver Nolte

Affiliation Laboratory of Dr. Brunner, Constance, Germany

Scott R. Campbell

Affiliation Suffolk County Department of Health Services, Yaphank, New York, United States of America

Curtis A. Phillipson

Affiliation Ibis Biosciences, Carlsbad, California, United States of America

Feng Li

Affiliation Ibis Biosciences, Carlsbad, California, United States of America

Ranga Sampath

Affiliation Ibis Biosciences, Carlsbad, California, United States of America

David J. Ecker

Affiliation Ibis Biosciences, Carlsbad, California, United States of America

Mark W. Eshoo

meshoo@ibisbio.com

Affiliation Ibis Biosciences, Carlsbad, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

Many of the authors are employed by Ibis Biosciences a subsidiary of Abbott Molecular.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CDC MWE. Performed the experiments: CDC MAR ON CAP. Analyzed the data: CDC HEM MAR MWE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SES BJL ON SC FL RS. Wrote the paper: CDC SES ON MWE.