About the Authors

Francis A. Cucinotta

francis.cucinotta@unlv.edu

Affiliations NASA, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Space Radiation Program, Houston, Texas, United States of America, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Department of Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Myung-Hee Y. Kim

Affiliation Universities Space Research Association, Division of Space Life Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Lori J. Chappell

Affiliation Universities Space Research Association, Division of Space Life Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Janice L. Huff

Affiliation Universities Space Research Association, Division of Space Life Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FAC. Performed the experiments: LJC, MYK, FAC. Analyzed the data: FAC, JLH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: n/a. Wrote the paper: FAC, JLH. N/A.