About the Authors
- Frederick R. Adler
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* E-mail: adler@math.utah.edu
Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America
- Theodore G. Liou
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America
Competing Interests
T.G. Liou is a member of the Editorial Board of CHEST and an ad hoc member of the Clinical Research Study Review Committee of the US Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF); he is a recent past member of the Thoracic Committee of the United Network for Organ Sharing/Organization for the Procurement and Transplantation Network, the CFF Patient Registry Data Use Committee, the REVEAL Steering Committee (sponsored by Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd), and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health World Trade Center Research Review Committee. He has received grant funding from CFF Therapeutics, Inc.; the NIH/NHLBI; and the Margolis Family Foundation of Utah; and receives funding for studies of therapies from CFF Therapeutics, Inc.; Genentech Inc.; Gilead Sciences, Inc.; Inspire; MPex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Savara Pharmaceuticals; and Vertex. He is a consultant for Gehrson Lehman Group, Inc.; Genentech Inc.; and Vertex. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FRA TGL. Performed the experiments: FRA. Analyzed the data: FRA TGL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FRA TGL. Wrote the paper: FRA TGL.