About the Authors

Toshio Fujisawa

Affiliation Tumor Vaccines and Biotechnology Branch, Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Benjamin Rubin

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Suburban Hospital, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Akiko Suzuki

Affiliation Tumor Vaccines and Biotechnology Branch, Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Prabhudas S. Patel

Affiliation Tumor Vaccines and Biotechnology Branch, Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

William A. Gahl

Affiliation Section on Human Biochemical Genetics, Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Bharat H. Joshi

Affiliation Tumor Vaccines and Biotechnology Branch, Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Raj K. Puri

raj.puri@fda.hhs.gov

Affiliation Tumor Vaccines and Biotechnology Branch, Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TF BR AS PSP WAG BHJ RKP. Performed the experiments: TF AS PSP BHJ. Analyzed the data: TF BR WAG BHJ RKP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TF BHJ RKP. Wrote the paper: TF BHJ RKP.