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Authors and Affiliations

1. Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

   Caroline A. Doherty & Diana J. Laird

2. The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

   Caroline A. Doherty & Diana J. Laird

3. Center for Reproductive Sciences and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, Institute for Regeneration Medicine, Bakar Aging Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

   Diana J. Laird

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Correspondence to Diana J. Laird.

Competing interests

D.J.L. is a scientific advisor to Vitra, Inc.