About the Authors

Don B. Gammon

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Branawan Gowrishankar

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Sophie Duraffour

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology and Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Graciela Andrei

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology and Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Chris Upton

Affiliation Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

David H. Evans

devans@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

Financial competing interest: A provisional U.S. patent application (No. 61/224,694) has been submitted by DBG and DHE entitled “Oncolytic Viruses and Methods for Treating Neoplastic Disorders” for the use of poxviruses deficient in ribonucleotide reductase genes as oncolytic agents.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DBG DHE. Performed the experiments: DBG BG SD GA CU. Analyzed the data: DBG BG SD GA CU DHE. Wrote the paper: DBG DHE.