About the Authors

Nichola C. Garbett

nichola.garbett@louisville.edu

Affiliations James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Michael L. Merchant

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Center for Environmental Genomics and Integrative Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

C. William Helm

Affiliations James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Alfred B. Jenson

Affiliations James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Jon B. Klein

Affiliations James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Center for Environmental Genomics and Integrative Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Jonathan B. Chaires

Affiliations James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

NCG, ABJ and JBC are co-inventors on patent applications describing the DSC plasma thermogram technology for which Louisville Bioscience, Inc. (LBI) holds an exclusive license from the University of Louisville. JBC and ABJ are founders and shareholders of LBI; NCG is a founder, shareholder and employee of LBI. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NCG MLM ABJ JBK JBC. Performed the experiments: NCG MLM. Analyzed the data: NCG MLM CWH JBC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NCG CWH MLM JBK JBC. Wrote the paper: NCG MLM CWH ABJ JBK JBC.