About the Authors

Nil Emre

Affiliation BD Biosciences, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jason G. Vidal

Affiliation BD Biosciences, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jeanne Elia

Affiliation BD Biosciences, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Eric D. O'Connor

Affiliation Human Embryonic Stem Cell Core Facility, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Rosanto I. Paramban

Affiliation BD Biosciences, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Michael P. Hefferan

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Roman Navarro

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Danielle S. Goldberg

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Nissi M. Varki

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Martin Marsala

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Christian T. Carson

chistian_carson@bd.com

Affiliation BD Biosciences, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

CTC, NE, RP, JGV and JE are employed by and own stock in Becton, Dickinson and Company. Products by BD Biosciences were utilized in this study. BD Biosciences and all authors agree to PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NE MM CC. Performed the experiments: NE JGV JE EDO RIP MPH RN DSG MM CC. Analyzed the data: NE JGV RIP NV MM CC. Wrote the paper: NE CC.