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New deep light imaging could improve disease diagnosis

An international team of researchers, in collaboration with the University of St Andrews, have made a technology breakthrough for one of the most important forms of light imaging, optical coherence tomography (OCT), which ...

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Accelerating tuberculosis research

The results one of the largest and most rigorous tuberculosis (TB) drug trials ever conducted in the modern era, led by researchers at the University of St Andrews, will be made available to the wider research community from ...

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Household factors may exacerbate COVID-19 health risks

Household factors such as access to outdoor space, overcrowding as well as financial and employment precarities make some households significantly more vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19, according to a new study carried ...

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Peru facing rural COVID-19 disaster

A disaster is looming in Peru caused by COVID-19 as thousands return to their rural homes where there are limited resources and facilities, according to research carried out at the University of St Andrews.

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Ethnic minorities in Scotland have longer life expectancy

People living in Scotland who describe themselves as being of an ethnic minority have a longer life expectancy than those describing themselves as White Scottish, according to new research led by the University of St Andrews.

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More than 5% of Britons have had SARS-CoV-2: study

Between five and six percent of Britain's population had been infected with SARS-CoV-2 by the last third of April, according to a new study from the University of St Andrews.

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