About the Authors

Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein

jsb@exvivos.com

Affiliation ExVivos, LLC, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, United States of America

David Kanter

Affiliation Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, United States of America

Sanjay Kaul

Affiliation Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

We have the following interests: The study was supported by Atkins Nutritionals under contract to ExVivos, LLC (ExVivos, LLC is owned by JSB). 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: JSB. Performed the experiments: JSB DK SK. Analyzed the data: JSB DK SK. Wrote the paper: JSB SK. Development and testing of the data collection tool: JSB, DK. Literature search: JSB, DK. Data extraction (baseline characteristics for study qualification): JSB, DK. Data extraction (outcome measures): JSB.