About the Authors

Gene L. Bidwell III

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America, Cancer Institute, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Eddie Perkins

Affiliations Cancer Institute, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Joshua Hughes

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Majid Khan

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America, Department of Radiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Judy R. James

Affiliation Department of Radiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Drazen Raucher

draucher@umc.edu

Affiliations Cancer Institute, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Competing Interests

GLB is a paid consultant for Thermally Targeted Therapeutics. EP is a paid consultant for Thermally Targeted Therapeutics. DR is President of Thermally Targeted Therapeutics. 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: GLB EP DR. Performed the experiments: GLB EP JH. Analyzed the data: GLB MK JRJ. Wrote the paper: GLB EP JRJ DR.