About the Authors

Siddha Kasar

Current address: Dana-Faber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, 07103, United States of America

Chingiz Underbayev

Affiliation New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, 07103, United States of America

Moinuddin Hassan

Affiliation OSEL/CDRH/FDA White Oak, Maryland, United States of America

Ilko Ilev

Affiliation OSEL/CDRH/FDA White Oak, Maryland, United States of America

Heba Degheidy

Affiliation CBER/FDA White Oak, Maryland, United States of America

Steven Bauer

Affiliation CBER/FDA White Oak, Maryland, United States of America

Gerald Marti

Affiliation OSEL/CDRH/FDA White Oak, Maryland, United States of America

Carol Lutz

Affiliation New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, 07103, United States of America

Elizabeth Raveche

Affiliation New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, 07103, United States of America

Mona Batish

batishmo@njms.rutgers.edu

Affiliation New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, 07103, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ER MB CL SK. Performed the experiments: SK CU. Analyzed the data: ER CL MB SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH HD GM SB II. Wrote the paper: ER MB SK.