About the Authors

Jay A. Gantz

Contributed equally to this work with: Jay A. Gantz, Nathan J. Palpant

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Nathan J. Palpant

Contributed equally to this work with: Jay A. Gantz, Nathan J. Palpant

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Robert E. Welikson

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Stephen D. Hauschka

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Charles E. Murry

Affiliations Department of Bioengineering, Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Medicine/Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Michael A. Laflamme

laflamme@u.washington.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAG NJP CEM MAL. Performed the experiments: JAG NJP. Analyzed the data: JAG NJP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAG NJP REW SDH. Wrote the paper: JAG NJP.