About the Authors
- Hope R. Ferdowsian
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* E-mail: hferdowsian@pcrm.org
Affiliations Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Department of Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Nancy Beck
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Affiliation Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Washington, D.C., United States of America
Competing Interests
HRF and NB are employed by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which is a non-governmental organization which promotes higher ethical standards in research and alternatives to the use of animals in research, education, and training. Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is a nonprofit organization, and the authors adhered to PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HRF NB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HRF NB. Wrote the paper: HRF NB.