About the Authors

Rosemary A. Fricker

Affiliation Keele University, School of Life Sciences, Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele, United Kingdom

Jan Herman Kuiper

Affiliations Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom, RJAH Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, United Kingdom

Monte A. Gates

m.a.gates@keele.ac.uk

Affiliation Keele University, School of Life Sciences, Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAG RAF JHK. Performed the experiments: MAG RAF JHK. Analyzed the data: JHK RAF MAG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAG RAF JHK. Wrote the paper: MAG RAF JHK.