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DOI: 10.24075/medet.2026.008
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Gut microbiota biobanking in a coloproctological hospital: ethical and legal conflicts and regulatory perspectives

Bozhkova AG , Melkumyan AR , Spivak MV
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National Medical Research Center of Coloproctology named after Ryzhykh AN, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Anastasia G. Bozhkova
Salama Adilya St., 2, Moscow, 123423, Russia; moc.liamg@ekebad.leahcim

About paper

Author contribution: Bozhkova AG — writing the text of the article; Melkumyan AR — consulting in microbiology issues; Spivak MV — consulting in biobanking issues.

Received: 2026-02-28 Accepted: 2026-03-21 Published online: 2026-03-31
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