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Authors
Retnakumar, R. J.
Chettri, Prakash
Lamtha, Sangey Chhophel
Sivakumar, K. C.
Dutta, Priya
Sen, Pahil
Biswas, Sanjit
Agarwal, Nikita
Nath, Angitha N.
Devi, T. Barani
Thapa, Namrata
Tamang, Jyoti Prakash
Chattopadhyay, Santanu
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (MED/2017/46, MED/2017/46)
Science and Engineering Research Board (CRG/2022/002122)
Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
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Article History
Received: 9 January 2025
Accepted: 1 April 2025
First Online: 22 April 2025
Declarations
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: The study is not a clinical trial. The gastric biopsies were obtained by endoscopy from the patients visiting the Department of Gastroenterology of Sir Thutob Namgyal Memorial (STNM) Hospital, Sikkim. Written informed consents were obtained from all the enrolled patients. The study was approved by the Institutional Human Ethics Committee of the STNM Hospital (04/18-C/STNMH/19) and Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (IHEC/1/2018/12; RGCB/IHEC/250/2023/08). Both these committees were transparent, independent, and there were no conflicts of interest. In agreement with the Helsinki declaration, our study was reviewed on scientific and ethical grounds and approved by both the above mentioned committees independently. The patients were made aware of the study and a written informed consents were obtained from each of the enrolled patients. The clinical procedures were carried out by the gastroenterologist. The study was then carried out using genomic DNA isolated at the Microbiome laboratory at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
