About the Authors

Carlos Guerra

Affiliation College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America

Devin Morris

Affiliation Graduate of College of Biomedical Sciences, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America

Andrea Sipin

Affiliation California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, United States of America

Steven Kung

Affiliation California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, United States of America

Mesharee Franklin

Affiliation Graduate of College of Biomedical Sciences, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America

Dennis Gray

Affiliations College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America, Graduate of College of Biomedical Sciences, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America

Michelle Tanzil

Affiliations College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America, Graduate of College of Biomedical Sciences, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America

Frederick Guilford

Affiliation Your Energy Systems, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Fadi T. Khasawneh

Affiliation College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America

Vishwanath Venketaraman

vvenketaraman@westernu.edu

Affiliations College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America, Graduate of College of Biomedical Sciences, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

Although, one of the co-authors of this manuscript is a Managing Partner for Your Energy Systems (a small biotech company), this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VV. Performed the experiments: VV CG DM AS SK DG MT MF. Analyzed the data: VV CG DM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FTK FG. Wrote the paper: VV.