Schoenmakers, Jorrit W. A.
Heuker, Marjolein
López-Álvarez, Marina
Nagengast, Wouter B.
van Dam, Gooitzen M.
van Dijl, Jan Maarten http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5688-8438
Jutte, Paul C.
van Oosten, Marleen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (713660)
Article History
Received: 18 April 2020
Accepted: 28 July 2020
First Online: 8 September 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: G.M. van Dam is CSO of TRACER™. The other authors declare neither financial nor non-financial conflicts of interest.
: The post-mortem experiments on human cadavers were approved by the authorized staff of the Department of Anatomy and Medical Physiology of the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) and conducted according to the applicable law (“Wet op de Lijkbezorging,” Art 18, lid 1 and 19, BWBR0005009) and institutional guidelines of the UMCG. Ethical approval for the collection of microbiological patient samples was obtained from the medical ethical committee at the UMCG (METC 2017/526).
: For experiments on human cadavers, the respective individuals had provided written informed consent for the use of their bodies for scientific research and education in the context of the “body donation program” at UMCG.
: All authors have read the manuscript and agree with its publication.