About the Authors

Irvin M. Modlin

imodlin@optonline.net

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Ignat Drozdov

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Mark Kidd

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

We received funding from a commercial source: Clifton Life Sciences. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IMM ID MK. Performed the experiments: ID MK. Analyzed the data: IMM ID MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IMM ID MK. Wrote the paper: IMM ID MK.