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A new blood test is promising a non-invasive way for clinicians to diagnose and classify brain tumors. The test will need further verification before it reaches clinical practice but it points to a novel way for doctors to detect brain cancer without t… Continue reading Brain tumor blood test promises new non-invasive cancer diagnostic
Six months into the COVID-19 global pandemic and many questions still remain unanswered concerning the nature of this novel coronavirus. Perhaps one of the most important unresolved mysteries surrounds human immune responses to the virus and how long a… Continue reading Long-term immunity to COVID-19 questioned in new study
New research from the University of Utah Health, published in the journal Scientific Reports, is offering the fascinating suggestion that a person’s lifespan could be predicted at a young age by measuring the volume of genetic mutations they accumulate… Continue reading Counting DNA mutations predicts lifespan, raises hopes of reversing aging
Focusing on the weird and experimental, the 2020 Creative Photo Awards aims to set new trends and reward visionary artists. This year’s winners are no exception, bending photographic techniques and processes to deliver some truly spectacular works of a… Continue reading The rule-breaking winners of the 2020 Creative Photography Awards
An impressively rigorous new study, led by researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, is shedding light on a century-old mystery. The study describes how bacteria in the gut can metabolize cholesterol at levels high enough to improve a pers… Continue reading How gut bacteria can break down cholesterol to improve cardiac health
Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics have presented new data from one of the first trials testing gene-editing therapy in human subjects. Fifteen months on from the first patient treatment, the highly experimental therapy is showing remarkable efficacy treat… Continue reading More early data revealed from landmark CRISPR gene editing human trial
Building on the growing link between poor oral health and gastrointestinal disease, new research from the University of Michigan has homed in on the possible mechanisms by which periodontitis can exacerbate the gut inflammation seen in patients with in… Continue reading New study demonstrates how oral bacteria can amplify gut inflammation
A new study led by a team from the University of Colorado, Boulder, has found smoking high-THC marijuana or concentrates does not result in greater levels of intoxication. The research adds weight to a growing body of evidence suggesting proposed roads… Continue reading Study finds stronger marijuana doesn’t lead to higher levels of intoxication
In 2004, Francis Crick, one of the 20th century’s greatest scientific minds, died of colon cancer. Crick was best known for describing the structure of DNA in the 1950s with collaborator James Watson, but over the last couple of decades of his life his… Continue reading The effects of psychedelics on the brain’s “consciousness conductor”
A gorgeous shot of an iconic Dutch village has won the popular vote in Agora’s latest photo contest celebrating the breathtaking perspectives of aerial photography. The winning photograph captures the historic windmills of Zaanse Schans, shrouded in lu… Continue reading Elevate yourself with Agora’s best aerial photography of 2020