About the Authors

Yuji Zhang

Affiliations Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., United States of America, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Jianhua Xuan

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Benildo G. de los Reyes

Affiliation School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America

Robert Clarke

Affiliation Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Habtom W. Ressom

hwr@georgetown.edu

Affiliation Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YZ HWR. Performed the experiments: YZ. Analyzed the data: YZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YZ JX RC. Wrote the paper: YZ JX BGdlR RC HWR.