Aslam, Faiza
Wajid, Muhammad
Butt, Amina Iftikhar
Wohler, Elizabeth
Seo, Go Hun
Ji, Weizhen
Lakhani, Saquib A.
Sobreira, Nara
Naz, Sadaf
Article History
Received: 23 April 2025
Accepted: 27 January 2026
First Online: 28 January 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The Institutional Review Boards of the School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, and Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA approved the study.
: Written informed consents were obtained from all the participants. Parents provided consent for their minor children.