About the Authors

Cristin A. McCarty

Contributed equally to this work with: Cristin A. McCarty, Jeffrey J. Thomason, Jaques S. Milner

cmccarty@alumni.uoguelph.ca

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Jeffrey J. Thomason

Contributed equally to this work with: Cristin A. McCarty, Jeffrey J. Thomason, Jaques S. Milner

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Karen D. Gordon

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Timothy A. Burkhart

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, School of Engineering, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Jaques S. Milner

Contributed equally to this work with: Cristin A. McCarty, Jeffrey J. Thomason, Jaques S. Milner

Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, School of Engineering, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

David W. Holdsworth

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Robarts Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Surgery, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAM JJT KG TAB JSM DWH. Performed the experiments: CAM JSM DWH. Analyzed the data: CAM JSM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CAM JJT KG JSM DWH. Wrote the paper: CAM JJT KG TAB JSM DWH.