Nili, Uri https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2103-5857
Nahum, Victoria
Smolkin, Boris
Ashkenazi, Nissan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0737-6994
Bloch-Shilderman, Eugenia https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8962-6686
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Israel Institute for Biological Research
Article History
Received: 16 November 2025
Accepted: 26 February 2026
First Online: 20 April 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy of the IIBR (Israel Institute for Biological Research).
: The experimental procedures were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at the IIBR (Protocols No. P-05-19, P-07-20 and P-05-22), and are in strict accordance with the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, The National Academies Press, Washington DC, 2011. The study was designed to prevent any unnecessary animal discomfort. A humane end point for euthanasia was defined as lack of approach to food and/or water for > 24 h.