Kim, Soo-Min
Shin, Eunkyung
Yun, Jin-Seung
Jeon, Jaeseon
Park, Sohee
Jung, Yong Woo
Kim, Dokeun
Jeong, Hye-Sook
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Health research project (2020-NI016-02)
Article History
Received: 21 August 2025
Accepted: 17 March 2026
First Online: 11 April 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in full compliance with national biosafety and ethical research standards. The study protocol was first reviewed and approved by the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) of the National Institute of Health, the KDCA (Approval No. KCDC-IBC-20-030). Use of genetically modified M.tb strains was authorized by the KDCA, the national competent authority for Living Modified Organism (LMO) research under the Act on Transboundary Movements of LMO (Approval No. 20-RDM026). Additionally, all animal procedures were carried out under Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) conditions and were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of the KDCA (Approval No. KCDC-IACUC-21-009).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.