About the Authors
- Patrick T. Hennessey
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Tiffany Sanford
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Affiliation Asuragen, Inc., Austin, Texas, United States of America
- Ashish Choudhary
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Affiliation Asuragen, Inc., Austin, Texas, United States of America
- Wojciech W. Mydlarz
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- David Brown
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Affiliation MiRNA Therapeutics, Inc., Austin, Texas, United States of America
- Alex Tamas Adai
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Affiliation Asuragen, Inc., Austin, Texas, United States of America
- Michael F. Ochs
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Affiliations Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Steven A. Ahrendt
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Affiliation Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Elizabeth Mambo
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Affiliation Asuragen, Inc., Austin, Texas, United States of America
- Joseph A. Califano
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* E-mail: jcalifa@jhmi.edu
Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Milton J. Dance Head and Neck Center, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Elizabeth Mambo, Tiffany Sanford, Ashish Choudhary, and Alex Tamas Adai are employees of Asuragen, Inc. David Brown was an employee of Asuragen at the time the research was conducted. All of these scientists conducted the research reported in this publication as part of their employment with Asuragen. There is no direct financial benefit to the researchers for the publication of this manuscript. Asuragen conducts independent internal review of manuscripts to uphold scientific integrity and manage conflicts of interest. David Brown currently is employed by miRNA Therapeutics, Inc. He conducted the research presented in this article while he was an employee of Asuragen, Inc. His participation in the research presented in this manuscript ended after he left Asuragen, Inc. The management and owners of miRNA Therapeutics had no role in the research presented in this manuscript or any influence over the preparation of the manuscript.This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JC EM PH. Performed the experiments: TS AC DB ATA. Analyzed the data: MO EM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PH WM SA. Wrote the paper: PH EM JC TS.