About the Authors

Dongsuk Shin

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Mark C. Pierce

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ann M. Gillenwater

Affiliation Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Michelle D. Williams

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum

rkortum@rice.edu

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS MP RRK. Performed the experiments: DS. Analyzed the data: DS MW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG. Wrote the paper: DS MP RRK.