About the Authors
- Ruth S. Waterman
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Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Sarah L. Henkle
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Affiliation Tulane Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Aline M. Betancourt
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* E-mail: alibscan@tulane.edu
Affiliations Tulane Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Competing Interests
Aline M. Betancourt is the inventor of the patent-pending “Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Related Therapies” (MSC1 and MSC2 methodology) US 61/391,749. Aline M. Betancourt is Founder and Chief Financial Officer for wibi+works, LLC without any salary, benefit or income. As inventor of the patent stated above there are no interests, products, benefits, compensations, or salary. Ruth S. Waterman is the Chief Executive Officer for wibi+works, LLC without any benefit, salary, or income. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RSW AMB. Performed the experiments: RSW SLH AMB. Analyzed the data: RSW SLH AMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RSW SLH AMB. Wrote the paper: RSW AMB.