About the Authors

Darin Hunt

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation CBF Systems Inc., College Plaza, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Curtis Figley

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation CBF Systems Inc., College Plaza, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Dammika P. Manage

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University of Alberta and Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Jana Lauzon

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University of Alberta and Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Rachel Figley

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation CBF Systems Inc., College Plaza, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Linda M. Pilarski

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University of Alberta and Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Lynn M. McMullen

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Patrick M. Pilarski

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

pilarski@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, 5–005 Katz Group Centre for Pharmacy and Health Research, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Competing Interests

There are no competing interests. CBF Systems was a co-grantee and research partner in instrument design and development, not a commercial entity involved in making and selling products. There are no products in development or marketed products. University of Alberta holds issued patents relating to the cassette PCR technology. CBF Systems has filed a patent protecting novel aspects of thermal regulation that arose from this research project. This commercial affiliation and the patent filings do not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.