About the Authors

Alexei Kurakin

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ak@alexeikurakin.org

Affiliation The Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, California, United States of America

Andrzej Swistowski

Affiliation The Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, California, United States of America

Susan C. Wu

Current address: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation The Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, California, United States of America

Dale E. Bredesen

Affiliation The Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK. Performed the experiments: AK SW AS. Analyzed the data: AK SW AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DB AK. Wrote the paper: AK. Other: Provided funding, edited manuscript: DB.