Ishikawa, Shigeo
Wong, David T. W.
Sugimoto, Masahiro
Gleber-Netto, Frederico Omar
Li, Feng
Tu, Michael
Zhang, Yong
Akin, David
Iino, Mitsuyoshi
Funding for this research was provided by:
KAKENHI (17K11897, 16K11742)
Article History
Received: 30 May 2018
Accepted: 5 December 2018
First Online: 11 December 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: David Wong is co-founder of RNAmeTRIX Inc., a molecular diagnostic company. He holds equity in RNAmeTRIX, and serves as a company Director and Scientific Advisor. The University of California also holds equity in RNAmeTRIX. Intellectual property that David Wong invented and which was patented by the University of California has been licensed to RNAmeTRIX. Dr. Wong is consultant to GlaxoSmithKlein, Wrigley, and Colgate-Palmolive. Masahiro Sugimoto is a co-founder of SalivaTech Co. LTD.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The Ethics Committee of University of California, Los Angeles, Faculty (School) of Dentistry, approved this study protocol.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.