About the Authors

Roy Eldor

eldorroy@yahoo.com

Affiliation Diabetes Unit, Internal Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

Ehud Arbit

Affiliation Oramed Pharmaceuticals, Jerusalem, Israel

Asher Corcos

Affiliation Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, General Health Services, Affiliated to Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

Miriam Kidron

Affiliation Oramed Pharmaceuticals, Jerusalem, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Authors RE, EA and MK are employed and hold stock options of Oramed Pharmaceuticals, the funder of this study. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RE EA MK AC. Performed the experiments: RE MK. Analyzed the data: RE MK. Wrote the paper: RE MK.