About the Authors

Donald D. Rao

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Strike Bio, Dallas, TX, United States of America

Xiuquan Luo

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Strike Bio, Dallas, TX, United States of America

Zhaohui Wang

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Strike Bio, Dallas, TX, United States of America

Christopher M. Jay

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Strike Bio, Dallas, TX, United States of America

Francis C. Brunicardi

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, United States of America

William Maltese

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, United States of America

Luisa Manning

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gradalis, Inc., Dallas, TX, United States of America

Neil Senzer

Roles Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Strike Bio, Dallas, TX, United States of America, Gradalis, Inc., Dallas, TX, United States of America

John Nemunaitis

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

johnnemunaitis@gmail.com

Affiliations Strike Bio, Dallas, TX, United States of America, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, United States of America, Gradalis, Inc., Dallas, TX, United States of America

Competing Interests

The following authors are shareholders in Gradalis, Inc. and Strike Bio: Donald D. Rao, Zhaohui Wang, Christopher M. Jay, Neil Senzer, F. Charles Brunicardi and John Nemunaitis. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.