About the Authors
- Paola A. Bignone
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Affiliation Mandala Biosciences LLC, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Rachel A. Krupa
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Affiliation Mandala Biosciences LLC, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Hal Sternberg
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Affiliation BioTime Inc., Alameda, California, United States of America
- Walter D. Funk
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Affiliation BioTime Inc., Alameda, California, United States of America
- Evan Y. Snyder
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Affiliation Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Michael D. West
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Affiliation BioTime Inc., Alameda, California, United States of America
- David Larocca
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* E-mail: dlarocca@mandalabio.com
Affiliation Mandala Biosciences LLC, San Diego, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: Paola A. Bignone, Rachel A. Krupa and David Larocca are employed by Mandala Biosciences LLC, and Hal Sternberg, Walter D. Funk and Michael D. West by BioTime Inc. The embryonic progenitor cell lines were developed and obtained from BioTime, Inc. in Alameda, CA. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Performed gene expression analysis of W10 cell line: HS. Contributed to the conception and design of the study: WDF EYS MDW. Conceived and designed the experiments: DL. Performed the experiments: PAB RAK. Analyzed the data: PAB RAK. Wrote the paper: PAB DL.