About the Authors

Kumar S.D. Kothapalli

Affiliation Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Savage Hall, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Joshua C. Anthony

Affiliation Mead Johnson and Company, Evansville, Indiana, United States of America

Bruce S. Pan

Affiliation Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Savage Hall, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Andrea T. Hsieh

Affiliation Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Savage Hall, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Peter W. Nathanielsz

Affiliation Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Research, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

J. Thomas Brenna

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jtb4@cornell.edu

Affiliation Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Savage Hall, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

Author JCA is an employee of Mead Johnson.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB KK JA AH. Performed the experiments: PN KK AH. Analyzed the data: JB BP KK. Wrote the paper: JB KK. Other: Contributed to experimental design: PN. Edited the manuscript: BP AH PN JA.