About the Authors

Leonid E. Fridlyand

lfridlia@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, the Kovler Diabetes Center, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States of America

Louis H. Philipson

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, the Kovler Diabetes Center, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: LEF LHP. Wrote the paper: LEF LHP. Mathematical simulation: LEF.