About the Authors

Giuseppe R. Diaferia

Current address: Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology (IEO), Milan, Italy

Affiliation Integrated System Engineering, Milan, Italy

Vincenzo Cirulli

vcirulli@uw.edu (VC); ida.biunno@irgb.cnr.it (IB)

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Institute for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Ida Biunno

vcirulli@uw.edu (VC); ida.biunno@irgb.cnr.it (IB)

Affiliations Stem Cell Science Unit, IRCCS Multimedica, Milan, Italy, Institute of Genetic and Biomedical Research (IRGB), National Research Council, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: Giuseppe R. Diaferia is employed by Integrated System Engineering. There are no 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

Conceived and designed the experiments: IB VC GRD. Performed the experiments: GRD. Wrote the paper: GRD IB VC.