About the Authors

Melissa L. M. Khoo

Affiliation Blood Stem Cells and Cancer Research, St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Helen Tao

Affiliation Blood Stem Cells and Cancer Research, St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Adrian C. B. Meedeniya

Affiliation National Centre for Adult Stem Cell Research, Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Alan Mackay-Sim

Affiliation National Centre for Adult Stem Cell Research, Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

David D. F. Ma

d.ma@amr.org.au

Affiliation Blood Stem Cells and Cancer Research, St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLMK HT ACBM AM-S DDFM. Performed the experiments: MLMK ACBM. Analyzed the data: MLMK HT ACBM DDFM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLMK HT ACBM AM-S DDFM. Wrote the paper: MLMK. Final approval of manuscript: AM-S DDFM.