About the Authors

Syandan Chakraborty

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Nicolas Christoforou

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Ali Fattahi

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

Roland W. Herzog

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Kam W. Leong

kam.leong@duke.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC NC KWL. Performed the experiments: SC AF. Analyzed the data: SC KWL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NC RWH KWL. Wrote the paper: SC RWH KWL.