Joshi, Nitin
Yan, Jing
Levy, Seth
Bhagchandani, Sachin
Slaughter, Kai V.
Sherman, Nicholas E.
Amirault, Julian
Wang, Yufeng
Riegel, Logan
He, Xueyin
Rui, Tan Shi
Valic, Michael
Vemula, Praveen K.
Miranda, Oscar R.
Levy, Oren
Gravallese, Ellen M.
Aliprantis, Antonios O.
Ermann, Joerg http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3836-9404
Karp, Jeffrey M.
Article History
Received: 20 June 2017
Accepted: 6 March 2018
First Online: 3 April 2018
Change Date: 11 May 2018
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: In the original version of this Article, financial support was not fully acknowledged. The PDF and HTML versions of the Article have now been corrected to include support from the National Football League Players Association.
Competing interests
: J.M.K. holds equity in Alivio Therapeutics, a company that has an option to license IP generated by J.M.K., and that may benefit financially if the IP is licensed and further validated. The interests of J.M.K. was reviewed and is subject to a management plan overseen by his institution in accordance with its conflict of interest policies. J.M.K., N.J., S.B., K.V.S., X.H., J.A., and P.K.V. have the following public patents based on this work: 1. Patent applicant: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, The City University of New York and inventors (name of inventors: J.M.K., P.K.V., George John, and Greg Cruikshank. Application number: PCT/US2009/057349. Status of application: Application undergoing pre-examination processing. Specific aspect of work covered: hydrogel). 2. Patent applicant: Brigham and Women’s Hospital and inventors (name of inventors: J.M.K., P.K.V., Nathaniel R. Campbell, Abdullah M. Syed, Sufeng Zhang, Omid C. Farokhzad, and Robert S. Langer. Application number: PCT/US2011/053075. Status of application: With receiving office. Specific aspect of the work covered in patent application: hydrogel). 3. Patent applicant: Brigham and Women’s Hospital and inventors (name of inventors: J.M.K., N.J., Nikken Wiradharma, and K.V.S. Application number: PCT/US2016/056070. Status of application: Published. Specific aspect of manuscript covered in the patent application: hydrogel). 4. Patent applicant: Brigham and Women’s Hospital and inventors (name of inventors: J.M.K., N.J., X.H., and S.B. Application number: PCT/US2017/031615. Status of application: Published. Specific aspect of manuscript covered in patent application: hydrogel). 5. Patent applicant: Brigham and Women’s Hospital and inventors (name of inventors: J.M.K., N.J., X.H., J.A., Britanny Laramee, and K.V.S. Application number: PCT/US2017/031614. Status of application: Published. Specific aspect of manuscript covered in patent application: hydrogel). J.M.K., N.J., and N.E.S. also have one unpublished patent based on the hydrogel work presented in this manuscript. A.O.A. is a current employee of Merck and Co. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.