About the Authors

Jacquelyn Gerhart

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Research, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Jessica Bowers

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Genisphere, LLC, Hatfield, PA, United States of America

Lindsay Gugerty

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

Affiliation Division of Research, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Colby Gerhart

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Research, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Mark Martin

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Research, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Fathma Abdalla

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Research, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Arturo Bravo-Nuevo

Roles Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Research, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Jonathan Tabb Sullivan

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Integral Molecular, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Rebecca Rimkunas

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Integral Molecular, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Amie Albertus

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Integral Molecular, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Lou Casta

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Genisphere, LLC, Hatfield, PA, United States of America

Lori Getts

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Genisphere, LLC, Hatfield, PA, United States of America

Robert Getts

Contributed equally to this work with: Robert Getts, Mindy George-Weinstein

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Genisphere, LLC, Hatfield, PA, United States of America

Mindy George-Weinstein

Contributed equally to this work with: Robert Getts, Mindy George-Weinstein

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

mindygw@pcom.edu

Affiliation Division of Research, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Competing Interests

This work was supported by an anonymous donation for the Myo/Nog cell program project to MG-W and AB-N. Funding was also provided by Genisphere, LLC, https://genisphere.com/. Employees of Genisphere participated in study design, data collection and analysis, the decision to publish and preparation of the manuscript. A provisional patent has been submitted describing uses of the G8 monoclonal antibody. Related products are in development. No income is derived from these products. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.