Naveen Prasad, Sanjana
Mahasivam, Sanje
Ramanathan, Rajesh
Bansal, Vipul
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ian Potter Foundation
RMIT University (Vice-Chancellor PhD scholarship)
Australian Research Council (DP230101650)
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Article History
Received: 6 March 2024
Revised: 8 July 2024
Accepted: 5 August 2024
First Online: 17 August 2024
Declarations
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: All experiments involving human samples were performed in accordance with the guidelines of RMIT University’s STEM (formerly Science, Engineering, and Health) College Human Ethics Advisory Network (CHEAN), which meets the requirements of the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (National Health and Medical Research Council Australia, 2007). The study was approved by the CHEAN—project numbers 23934 and 25839. Informed consent was obtained from the human participants of this study, and samples were collected according to the guidelines approved by CHEAN.
: Urine samples from healthy and diabetic individuals were collected at RMIT University. All volunteers were provided with a detailed description of the study, and signed informed consent was obtained from each volunteer before urine samples were collected. The volunteers were requested to disclose their current health status—if they have been diagnosed as diabetic.
: The authors have no financial, non-financial, or proprietary interests in any material discussed in this article. Professor Vipul Bansal is a guest editor of ABC but was not involved in the peer review of this paper.