About the Authors

Shaida Moghaddassi

shaidamoghaddassi@gmail.com

Affiliation Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Will Eyestone

Affiliation Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Colin E. Bishop

Affiliation Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM WHE CEB. Performed the experiments: SM WHE CEB. Analyzed the data: SM WHE CEB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WHE CEB. Wrote the paper: SM WHE CEB.