About the Authors

May M. Bakkar

Affiliations Eurolens Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Medical Device Biology Group, Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Luke Hardaker

Affiliation Medical Device Biology Group, Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Peter March

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Philip B. Morgan

Affiliations Eurolens Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Medical Device Biology Group, Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Carole Maldonado-Codina

Affiliations Eurolens Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Medical Device Biology Group, Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Curtis B. Dobson

curtis.dobson@manchester.ac.uk

Affiliation Medical Device Biology Group, Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMB LH PM PBM CMC CBD. Performed the experiments: MMB LH CMC. Analyzed the data: MMB LH PM PBM CMC CBD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PM PBM CMC CBD. Wrote the paper: MMB LH PM PBM CMC CBD.