About the Authors

Nancy A. Turner

nturner@rice.edu

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Joel Moake

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: Provisional patent application was filed on 8/27/12. Title: Heat-inactivated complement factor B Compositions and Methods; Docket No. 002376.1302. 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: NAT JM. Performed the experiments: NAT. Analyzed the data: NAT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NAT. Wrote the paper: NAT JM.