Gandhi, Puneet
Peter, Kavita
Sorte, Sandeep
Garg, Nitin
Funding for this research was provided by:
M.P.Biotechnology Council (249)
Article History
Received: 29 July 2025
Accepted: 6 July 2026
First Online: 18 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This work was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee (IRB/RES/21/11 and IEC/RES/37/17) of Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre. It was conducted with the ethical standards outlined in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent amendments. All recruited participants or their legally authorized representatives (LARs) signed the written informed consent upon enrollment. Approval for the in vitro study was obtained via IEC/RES/33/16. The consent to participate was explained to all the enrolled subjects and taken as written informed consent (copy available as SI. FigureĀ 2).
Consent for publication: The consent to publish was included as a part of written informed consent.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.