^aDepartment of Medicine, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine

^bAmerican Preventive Screening & Education Association (APSEA), Stratford

^cDepartment of Biology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

^dDepartment of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Correspondence to David F. Lo, MBS, Department of Medicine, Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine, 1 Medical Center Drive, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA. Tel: +1 973 996 8669; fax: +1 973 996 8668; e-mail: [email protected]

Received 17 December, 2022

Accepted 18 December, 2022