About the Authors

Gregory J. Block

Current address: Institute of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Scott and White Hospital, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, Temple, Texas, United States of America

Gabriel D. DiMattia

Affiliation London Regional Cancer Program and the Department of Oncology, Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Darwin J. Prockop

Prockop@medicine.tamhsc.edu

Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Scott and White Hospital, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, Temple, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GJB. Performed the experiments: GJB. Analyzed the data: GJB. Wrote the paper: GJB DJP. Supervisor: DJP. Provided reagents and performed the experiments on STC1 Transgenic Mice: GD.