About the Authors

Matt Lam

Affiliation School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Amtul R. Carmichael

Affiliation Russell Hall, Dudley Group Hospitals, Dudley, United Kingdom

Helen R. Griffiths

h.r.griffiths@aston.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ML HRG. Performed the experiments: ML. Analyzed the data: ML HRG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HRG ARC. Wrote the paper: ML HRG.