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Authors
- Oleksandr Gurbych (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6821-3390)
- Nazarii M. Kobyliak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9814-689X)
- Dmytro Krasnienkov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0774-637X)
- Oksana Sulaieva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9614-4652)
- Pavlina Botsun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4817-7150)
- Tetyana Falalyeyeva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4415-9676)
- Viktoriia Yerokhovych (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9800-9796)
- А. Г. Щербакова
- Anton Matviichuk
- Yeva Ilkiv
- Veronika Korcheva
Institutions
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (UA)
- Kyiv Medical University (UA)
- Air Black Box (United Kingdom) (GB)
- D. F. Chebotarev State Institute of Gerontology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine (UA)
- Kyiv City Clinical Oncology Center (UA)
- Bogomolets National Medical University (UA)
- Lviv Polytechnic National University (UA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Medicine
- Published
- 2025-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1628156
- Primary Topic
- Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Research Foundation of Ukraine
- National Research Foundation