About the Authors

Antje Bruckbauer

abruckbauer@nusirt.com

Affiliation Research and Development, NuSirt Sciences Incorporated, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Michael B. Zemel

Affiliation Research and Development, NuSirt Sciences Incorporated, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

Both authors are employees and stockholders of NuSirt Sciences, Inc, and hold patents related to the reported research, as noted in the Competing Interests section of the online submission. In addition, this research was supported by NuSirt Sciences, Inc., 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: MBZ AB. Performed the experiments: AB. Analyzed the data: AB MBZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB MBZ. Wrote the paper: AB MBZ.