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1 Institute of Genetics and Development of Rennes, UMR 6290 CNRS/University of Rennes, Faculty of Medicine, 35043 Rennes,
France
2 Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and Innovative Therapies, Military Institute of Medicine-National Research Institute (WIM-PIB), Szaserow 128, 04-141 Warszawa,
Poland
JCTR, 025480087 https://doi.org/10.36922/JCTR025480087
Received: 27 November 2025 | Accepted: 1 December 2025 | Published online: 9 December 2025
© 2025 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Conflict of interest
Jacek Z. Kubiak is the Editor-in-Chief of this journal. The author declares that he has no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have influenced the work reported in this paper.
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