About the Authors

Robert F. Weiss

RFDWeiss@outlook.com

Affiliation President, Back Bay Biosciences LLC, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Merlin G. Miller

Affiliation Consultant, Back Bay Biosciences LLC, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

John F. Cronin

Affiliation Physical Sciences Inc., Andover, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

Robert F. Weiss and Merlin G. Miller are employed by Back Bay Biosciences and John F. Cronin by Physical Sciences Inc. 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

Analyzed the data: RFW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGM JFC. Wrote the paper: RFW.