About the Authors

Waldemar Debinski

debinski@wakehealth.edu (WD); pjdickinson@ucdavis.edu (PD)

Affiliation Brain Tumor Center of Excellence, Thomas K. Hearn Brain Tumor Research Center, Departments of Neurosurgery, Radiation Oncology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Peter Dickinson

debinski@wakehealth.edu (WD); pjdickinson@ucdavis.edu (PD)

Affiliation Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

John H. Rossmeisl

Affiliation Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

John Robertson

Affiliation Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Denise M. Gibo

Affiliation Brain Tumor Center of Excellence, Thomas K. Hearn Brain Tumor Research Center, Departments of Neurosurgery, Radiation Oncology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. Dr. Waldemar Debinski is a consulting scientific advisor and a shareholder in Targepeutics, Inc. Dr. Debinski is an Academic Editor of PLOS ONE. This does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WD PD JHR JR DMG. Performed the experiments: PD JHR DMG. Analyzed the data: WD PD JHR JR DMG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PD JHR JR. Wrote the manuscript: WD PD DMG. Edited the manuscript: JHR JR.