About the Authors

Srinivas S. Somanchi

sssomanchi@mdanderson.org

Affiliation Division of Pediatrics, Cell Therapy Section, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 77030, United States of America

Kelsey J. McCulley

Affiliation Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, 360 Merrimack St. Building 9, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 01843, United States of America

Anitha Somanchi

Affiliations Division of Pediatrics, Cell Therapy Section, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 77030, United States of America, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, Texas, 77030, United States of America

Leo L. Chan

Affiliation Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, 360 Merrimack St. Building 9, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 01843, United States of America

Dean A. Lee

Affiliations Division of Pediatrics, Cell Therapy Section, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 77030, United States of America, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, Texas, 77030, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors KJM and LLC of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Competing financial interests, as the novel assay developed in this manuscript uses instrument provided by Nexcelom Bioscience LLC. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The authors SSS, AS and DAL have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSS DAL. Performed the experiments: SSS KJM AS. Analyzed the data: SSS KJM LLC. Wrote the paper: SSS. Offered critical reviews of data and reviewed manuscript: DAL.