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John Bergeron does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian receives funding from the Wellcome Trust, Leverhulme Trust and Lundbeck Foundation. Her research is conducted within the NIHR MedTech and in vitro diagnostic Co-operative ...