About the Authors
- Tanzeela Khalid
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Affiliation Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Paul White
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Affiliation Institute of Biosensor Technology, University of the West of England, Frenchay, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Ben De Lacy Costello
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Affiliation Institute of Biosensor Technology, University of the West of England, Frenchay, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Raj Persad
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Affiliation Bristol Urological Institute, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Richard Ewen
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Affiliation Institute of Biosensor Technology, University of the West of England, Frenchay, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Emmanuel Johnson
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Affiliation Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Chris S. Probert
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* E-mail: Chris.Probert@liverpool.ac.uk
Affiliation Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Norman Ratcliffe
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Affiliation Institute of Biosensor Technology, University of the West of England, Frenchay, Bristol, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Christopher Probert, Ben De lacy Costello, Norman Ratcliffe and Richard Ewen have a GB patent application (GB 0920315.9) which protects the detection system design. We confirm that the authors Christopher Probert, Ben de Lacy Costello, Norman Ratcliffe and Richard Ewen have a patent relating to material pertinent to this article. The title of the patent is a “device and method for analysing samples to diagnose disease”. The associated numbers are (WO2011061308, EP2010067859, GB0920315.9). We confirm that this does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CP RP BC NR. Performed the experiments: TK EJ RE. Analyzed the data: TK PW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RP EJ. Wrote the manuscript: CP NR BC TK PW RP EJ RE.