Ohkawa, Kousaku https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5199-092X
Itaka, Hiroaki https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1260-4280
Nguyen, Tracy
Kaur, Hemdeep
Jin, Chloe
Malvar, Beatrice Mae
Back, Rebecca https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3472-3931
Khosropour, Parisa
Suzuki, Shuichi
Hsu, Frank. P. K.
Yuki, Ichiro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Shinshu University
Article History
Received: 23 October 2025
Accepted: 27 January 2026
First Online: 16 April 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare the following financial interests or personal relationships that could be considered potential competing interests: Kousaku Ohkawa reports financial support from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and a relationship with AquaTeX Medical, Inc., including board membership, employment, and equity or stock holdings. Ichiro Yuki reports financial support from the National Institutes of Health and a similar relationship with AquaTeX Medical, Inc. Parisa Khosropour, Shuichi Suzuki, and Frank. P. K. Hsu report a similar relationship with AquaTeX Medical. The other authors declare no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have influenced the work reported in this paper.