About the Authors

Jochen Maurer

Affiliation Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Brandon Nelson

Affiliation Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Grace Ceceña

Affiliation Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Ruchi Bajpai

Current address: Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Affiliation Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Mark Mercola

Affiliation Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Alexey Terskikh

Affiliation Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Robert G. Oshima

rgoshima@burnham.org

Affiliation Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM BN GC RB AVT RO. Performed the experiments: JM BN GC RB. Analyzed the data: MM AVT RO. Wrote the paper: MM RO. Concept and design: RO. Design and collection of data: JM BN GC RB. Data interpretation: MM. Design and data interpretation: AVT. Financial support: MM AVT.