About the Authors
- Lukas Christen
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* E-mail: lukas.christen@carag.com
Affiliations School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia, Carag AG, Baar, Switzerland
- Ching Tat Lai
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Affiliation School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
- Ben Hartmann
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Affiliations Perron Rotary Express Milk Bank, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia, Centre for Neonatal Research and Education, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
- Peter E. Hartmann
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Affiliation School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
- Donna T. Geddes
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Affiliation School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journals policy and have the following conflicts: Funding for this study was provided by an unrestricted research grant from Medela AG, Baar, Switzerland. Additionally, Lukas Christen receives a postgraduate scholarship from Carag AG, Baar, Switzerland. The experimental set-up for this study was filed for a Australian provisional patent application with the titel ‘‘Apparatus and Methods for Pasteurization of Human Milk’’, Aplication No 2012905577, filing date 18 December 2012, applicant is Carag AG, Bahnhofstrasse 9, Baar, Switzerland. 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: LC CTL BH PEH DTG. Performed the experiments: LC CTL. Analyzed the data: LC CTL PEH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PEH DTG. Wrote the manuscript: LC BH DTG. Ethics application: LC PEH DTG Human milk sample collection: LC BH.