About the Authors

Harris E. McFerrin

hmcferri@xula.edu

Affiliations Xavier University of Louisiana, Biology Department, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Scott D. Olson

Affiliation Program in Regenerative Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Miriam V. Gutschow

Affiliation Stanford Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Julie A. Semon

Affiliation Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Deborah E. Sullivan

Affiliations Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Darwin J. Prockop

Affiliation Texas A & M Health Science Center College of Medicine Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Scott & White, Temple, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HEM SDO DJP. Performed the experiments: HEM SDO MVG JAS DES. Analyzed the data: HEM MVG DES DJP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HEM DES DJP. Wrote the paper: HEM.