About the Authors
- Julie V. Harness
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Affiliation Reeve-Irvine Research Center, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
- Nikolay A. Turovets
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Affiliation International Stem Cell Corporation, Oceanside, California, United States of America
- Magdalene J. Seiler
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Affiliation Reeve-Irvine Research Center, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
- Gabriel Nistor
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Affiliation Reeve-Irvine Research Center, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
- Gulsah Altun
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Affiliation Center for Regenerative Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Larissa S. Agapova
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Affiliation International Stem Cell Corporation, Oceanside, California, United States of America
- David Ferguson
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Affiliation Reeve-Irvine Research Center, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
- Louise C. Laurent
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Affiliation Center for Regenerative Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Jeanne F. Loring
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Affiliation Center for Regenerative Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Hans S. Keirstead
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* E-mail: hansk@uci.edu
Affiliation Reeve-Irvine Research Center, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
NAT and LSA are employees of International Stem Cell Corporation. HSK is Chairman of the scientific advisory board of California Stem Cell, Inc. GN is a member of the scientific advisory board of California Stem Cell, Inc. Author affiliations do not affect adherence to PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JVH NAT MJS GN JFL HK. Performed the experiments: JVH NAT MJS GA LSA DF LCL. Analyzed the data: JVH NAT MJS GN GA LCL JFL HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JFL HK. Wrote the paper: JVH NAT MJS GA JFL HK.