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£2m to revolutionise drug delivery
Scientists from the Universities of St Andrews and Dundee have won a major new research grant to develop a completely new technology for delivering cell-by- cell medical treatments.
White light takes hold in biology
World-first studies are underway at the University of St Andrews, exploring how a novel 'white light' laser could penetrate skin tissue more effectively than current laser surgery methods.
‘Super’ microscope wins £750,000 funding
CAPTION: Recent advances by the St Andrews researchers include the development of a purple laser used to deliver genes into cells.
Illuminating lecture for local school pupils
Light, colour and optics are the subjects of a public lecture at the University of St Andrews this week.
Cash award for cancer detection device
A device using light to detect, diagnose and monitor cancer is one step closer, with news of a cash award for two St Andrews scientists.
Tripping the light fantastic
The role of light in everything from non-invasive medical procedures to the next generation of space travel will be demonstrated by a new UK-wide science roadshow.
New light shed on drug-delivery techniques
Scientists at the University of St Andrews have developed non- invasive methods of moving and manipulating biological cells using lasers, which could have important implications for future methods of drug-delivery.
Tweezing on Frontiers
St Andrews physicists feature on Radio 4's Frontiers
A new twist in optical traps
CAPTION: A group of four particles rotated by the helical wavefronts of light in a Bessel light beam