About the Authors

Adham S. Bear

Contributed equally to this work with: Adham S. Bear, Laura C. Kennedy, Joseph K. Young

Affiliations Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, The Methodist Hospital and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Interdepartmental Program in Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Laura C. Kennedy

Contributed equally to this work with: Adham S. Bear, Laura C. Kennedy, Joseph K. Young

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

Joseph K. Young

Contributed equally to this work with: Adham S. Bear, Laura C. Kennedy, Joseph K. Young

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Serena K. Perna

Affiliation Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, The Methodist Hospital and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Joao Paulo Mattos Almeida

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

Adam Y. Lin

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

Phillip C. Eckels

Affiliation Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, The Methodist Hospital and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Rebekah A. Drezek

drezek@rice.edu (RAD); afoster@bellicum.com (AEF)

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Aaron E. Foster

drezek@rice.edu (RAD); afoster@bellicum.com (AEF)

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, The Methodist Hospital and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Interdepartmental Program in Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

Aaron E. Foster is employed by Bellicum Pharmaceuticals. 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.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASB LCK JKY RAD AEF. Performed the experiments: ASB LCK JKY SKP. Analyzed the data: ASB LCK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JKY JPMA AYL PCE. Wrote the paper: ASB LCK JKY RAD AEF.