The PLOS ONE Editors retract this article [1] because it was identified as one of a series of submissions for which we have concerns about authorship, competing interests, and peer review. We regret that the issues were not addressed prior to the article’s publication.MES, CO, MAsif, MAdnan, and ATKZ did not agree with the retraction. XW, MA, WW, KG, ON, and MJA either did not respond directly or could not be reached.
Authors: Muhammad Ehsan Safdar; Xiukang Wang; Mudasar Abbas; Cumali Ozaslan; Muhammad Asif; Muhammad Adnan; Ali Tan Kee Zuan; Wenqiang Wang; Kristina Gasparovic; Omaima Nasif; Mohammad Javed Ansari Journal: PLoS One Date: 2021-11-05 Impact factor: 3.752