About the Authors

Christine E. Swenson

chrisswenson2003@gmail.com

Affiliation Celsion Corporation, Lawrenceville, NJ, United States of America

Dieter Haemmerich

Affiliation Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States of America

Donald H. Maul

Affiliation PreClinical Research Services, Inc., Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

Bridget Knox

Affiliation PreClinical Research Services, Inc., Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

Nicole Ehrhart

Affiliation Colorado State University Animal Cancer Center, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

Robert A. Reed

Affiliation Celsion Corporation, Lawrenceville, NJ, United States of America

Competing Interests

CES and RAR own stock and stock options in Celsion Corporation. RAR has patents pending related to LTLD or ThermoDox. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CES DH RAR. Performed the experiments: DH DHM BK NE. Analyzed the data: CES DH RAR. Wrote the paper: CES DH RAR.