About the Authors

Robert F. Weiss

RFDWeiss@gmail.com

Affiliation Back Bay Biosciences, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Merlin G. Miller

Affiliation Back Bay Biosciences, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

John F. Cronin

Affiliation Computer Services, Physical Sciences Inc., Andover, Massachusetts, United States of America

Harvey H. Hensley

Affiliation Cancer Biology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Indira D. Joshi

Affiliation Medical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mitchell R. Smith

Affiliation Medical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. Robert F. Weiss and Merlin G. Miller are employed by Back Bay Biosciences and John F. Cronin by Physical Sciences Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MRS. Performed the experiments: HHH IDJ. Analyzed the data: RFW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGM JFC. Wrote the paper: RFW.