Baarz, Bastian Robinson
Laurentius, Thea
Wolf, Jana
Wessels, Inga
Bollheimer, Leo Cornelius
Rink, Lothar
Funding for this research was provided by:
RWTH Aachen University
Article History
Received: 29 June 2022
Accepted: 7 August 2022
First Online: 30 August 2022
Declarations
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: This study was conducted at RWTH Aachen Medical Faculty from October 2020 to October 2021. The research conforms to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The protocol and informed consent were reviewed and approved by the RWTH Aachen Medical Faculty Institutional Ethics Committee (young controls: EK023/05; elderly subjects: EK206/09). All subjects provided written informed consent prior to any trial-related procedures.
: Not applicable.
: B.R.B., T.L., J.W., I.W., L.C.B. are not aware of any biases that might be perceived as affecting the objectivity of this research.L.R. is past president of the International Society for Zinc Biology, vice president of the German Society for Minerals and Trace Elements, and parent committee member of the Society for Trace Elements in Man and Animals. L.R. is a consultant for Zinpro and Köhler Pharma and received research grants from Zinpro and Wörwag Pharma.