About the Authors

Hélène Boigard

Affiliation TechnoVax, Inc., Tarrytown, NY, United States of America

Alexandra Alimova

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, City University of New York, School of Medicine, New York City, NY, United States of America

George R. Martin

Affiliation TechnoVax, Inc., Tarrytown, NY, United States of America

Al Katz

Affiliation Physics Department, City College of New York, New York City, NY, United States of America

Paul Gottlieb

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, City University of New York, School of Medicine, New York City, NY, United States of America

Jose M. Galarza

jmgalarza@technovax.com

Affiliation TechnoVax, Inc., Tarrytown, NY, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: HB and JMG are employees of TechnoVax, Inc. GRM is a TechnoVax scientific adviser and contributor. TechnoVax holds a pending patent related to this publication.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: HB JMG. Data curation: HB AA JMG. Formal analysis: HB AA. Investigation: HB AA JMG PG. Methodology: HB JMG AA PG. Project administration: HB JMG. Resources: HB AA AK PG JMG. Supervision: HB JMG GRM. Writing – original draft: JMG HB. Writing – review & editing: JMG HB PG AK GRM.